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

Got it. Thanks Bob!


On 10/3/08 5:26 PM, in article
C50C3075.44303%onlygeneraltaz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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
> 

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Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft Corp.
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