"Insufficient memory..." Editing Embedded MS Excel 5.0 Chart

ID: Q123289

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

In a Word for Windows document, if you double-click an embedded Microsoft Excel 5.0 Chart object to edit it in place ("in situ"), the following error message may occur:

   Word has insufficient memory. You will not be able to undo this action
   once it is completed. Do you want to continue?

This error message is incorrect, because usually no low-memory condition exists. Regardless of whether you choose Yes or No in the error message dialog box, Word opens the embedded chart object for editing in place.

This does not happen if you open the chart object in a separate window instead of editing it in place. (To open the chart object in a separate window, select it and then choose Chart Object from the Edit menu. From the menu that appears, choose Open.)

This behavior occurs even if you have ample memory. It does not happen in Word 6.0 for the Macintosh, Word 6.0 for Windows NT (32-bit Word), in Windows 3.1 Write, or in Microsoft Publisher.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Note: This is not the same problem as that described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article, in the ""Out of Memory" Error Opening Microsoft Excel 5.0 Chart" section:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q111552
   TITLE     : Word 6.0a: List of Fixed Problems

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0. Document number WB51157-1093, pages 597, 605-607; document number WB60460-0794, pages 620, 634-635

KBCategory:   buglist6.0c

KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword clears empties word6 undo stack empty cleared

Keywords          : kbinterop kbole
Version           : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998