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Title: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: willythecat on July 20, 2009, 05:58:41 AM

XP Home - SP3 - 1gb - HP Deskjet F2280
I think computers were invented just to try everyone's patience and to throw a spanner in the works when least expected! Yet another question, sorry.
Have just reinstalled MS Word 6 (bit old hat l know, but l like all the options it gives you over something like Abiword). Try to print a document, says its sent it to the printer and then comes up there is insufficient memory. Close other windows and save work. This IS the only program running!
Checked processes running and cpu is ticking over around 10% with nothing untoward hogging the system. Also upped the virtual memory size initial and maximum, to 2000mb.
It used to work fine a while back. The only difference since was this new printer being added, but it prints everything fine from the internet and everywhere else, just not from Winword.
Any other ideas?

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: Aegis on July 20, 2009, 07:48:08 AM

I take it you're saving your work as a .doc file?

I, too, wonder why the printer should "care"...

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: Archer on July 20, 2009, 08:02:10 AM

     Check this (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/InsufficientMemory.htm) link please.

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: Aegis on July 20, 2009, 08:39:26 AM

Nice "catch," Archer...I wasn't even thinking of a virus.

(I probably should never run a virus scan on my brain...   ::))

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: BC_Programmer on July 20, 2009, 09:53:56 AM

Word 6.0 is a 16-bit application, which I can fairly certainly say is at least partly responsible.

Additionally, Word 6.0 is "immune" to VBA viruses, since it doesn't support VBA.

Only thing I can think of, is to get (AT least) word 7.0, since that is a 32-bit program, but very similar otherwise to word 6.

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: Aegis on July 20, 2009, 10:12:52 AM

Even better - I knew Word 6 was old.  I hadn't thought of it at a "bit" level -- that makes a lot of sense.

The Original Poster might try Open Office, also.  It offers a lot of functionality.

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: willythecat on July 20, 2009, 05:09:34 PM

Sorry for not replying sooner and thanks for all your replies, as per usual.
Funny, l know Word 6 is old but it used to work. However, have now junked it and have installed MS Office Pro 2003 (ok, it's not the latest) but it's got everything l want and Word documents print off fine with no problem.
Thanks again for your help.
Regards

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: Aegis on July 20, 2009, 07:28:05 PM

Word '03 is a good choice.   :)

Title: Re: Not enough memory to print in Winword
Post by: BC_Programmer on July 21, 2009, 03:27:53 AM

yep, word 6 is old, but they sure didn't add a lot after that, did they ;)

2003 is probably the better choice; there is really only so much you can do with word processing and IMO Word peaked around 6.0/7.0.... after that they seemed to have decided to either rebuild the interface every version or add more useless eye candy.

Office 2003 is the version I have on my XP/Vista machines- office 2000 on my Win98 laptop, and my old thinkpad had Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, Powerpoint 4, and Access 2... before the motherboard failed.