Re: Excel - Insufficient Memory, Freezing Up, Slow Recalculations

Hi Pat -

I believe it's the new "shorthand" for Notebook View in Word :-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones 
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 10/3/08 8:09 PM, in article C50C0251.29047%patmcmil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Pat
McMillan" <patmcmil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Hi Cali,
> 
> We are planning to release an update soon that we hope will fix the Out
of
> Memory alerts. It's been very hard to solve because, although you may
see it
> regularly on your specific configuration, it's generally quite hard to
> reproduce the problem across machines. If you could send me a file
directly
> (patmcmil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) and let me know the specific steps you take
that
> lead to the memory alert (and/or crash) I can definitely try it out.
> 
> Regarding the crash when modifying charts, I think that may be a
separate
> issue. Again, if you could send me a file with steps that lead to the
crash
> I will be happy to investigate.
> 
> If you have more information on the Word problem (and could explain what
you
> mean by "NB"), please send that my way too.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
> On 10/2/08 11:28 PM, in article 59b54303.18@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Cali"
> <Cali> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Pat,
>> I am also having trouble with Excel 2008 (version 12.1.2) on my Macbook
Pro,
>> system profiler listed at the end. I have now experienced problems in
at
>> least
>> two do***ents. Originally, I would get insufficient memory warnings
randomly
>> when working (file size= 36KB), but the program did not close.
>> 
>> Now the problem has progressed and upon saving a do***ent, I receive an
error
>> message saying microsoft encountered an error and had to quit.
>> 
>> After speaking to Microsoft Sup****t for the second time, I was again
told
>> that
>> my file was too large and overloading the program. So I copied two of
the
>> sheets and moved them to a new do***ent. I also have removed any links
to
>> other excel files and deleted at least half of the graphs. My file size
is
>> now
>> at 156 KB, smaller than some of my others at 400-600 KB.
>> 
>> Now while trying to modify some of the graphs in the do***ent, the
program
>> shuts down. I know you were collecting files, and mine seems to shut
down
>> religiously. I have also been sending the error re****ts to Microsoft.
>> 
>> I was also having word 2008 shut down when using the NB view (no longer
using
>> it, but in case it might be related) I have also cleared templates and
>> removed
>> and reinstalled Office at least 3 times under the advice of Microsoft
>> Sup****t.
>> 
>> And advice on the above problem, or how to limit some of the feature of
excel
>> 2008 so that I can actually use the data processing capabilities?
>> 
>> Thank you in advance,
>> 
>> Cali
>> 
>> Model Name: MacBook Pro
>>   Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
>>   Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
>>   Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz
>>   Number Of Processors: 1
>>   Total Number Of Cores: 2
>>   L2 Cache: 6 MB
>>   Memory: 4 GB
>>   Bus Speed: 800 MHz
>>   Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03