Excel "not enough memory"

I know I have the vast majority of my available space on the computer available (MACBOOKPRO 17). So, why do I get the reply from EXCEL that there's "NOT ENOUGH MEMORY" to download a simple excel spreadsheet?

HI and welcome.....
I get an error message-not enough memory- when trying to open excel.
Open System Profiler (Applications / Utilities). Under Hardware you can see how much RAM (memory is installed)
And make sure there is sufficient space on the startup disk. Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 15% free disk space.
Carolyn

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Can't open Excel - not enough memory

I recently converted files from a PC over to this mac by using an external hard drive. Among other things I don't quite know how to do, I get an error message-not enough memory- when trying to open excel. Word works fine. It is Microsoft 2007. Checked memory on disk and it is far from full. Please help!

HI and welcome.....
I get an error message-not enough memory- when trying to open excel.
Open System Profiler (Applications / Utilities). Under Hardware you can see how much RAM (memory is installed)
And make sure there is sufficient space on the startup disk. Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 15% free disk space.
Carolyn

Installed os x 10.6.8 and office 2008 excel not enough memory on start

I just installed OS 10.6.8 and when I try to run Office 2008 Excel I get a "Not Enough Memory" pop-up and it will not open any files. Any ideas on how to resolve this? If not how do I revert back to original operation system?

How much RAM is installed in your computer? You need a minimum of 1 GB for Snow Leopard and at least 2 GBs or more for any practical uses.
To revert to your previous OS you need to boot from that installer disc and do an Erase and Instsll. Be sure to back up your files first because the procedure will erase the hard drive.

Not enough memory to run Microsoft Excel. Please close other applications and try again.

Hi All,
I have windows 7 SP1 64 bit machine with 8 GB of RAM. and have office 365 pro plus installed on it. I use windows explorer preview pane a lot and suddenly it has stopped working. Whenever I click on any excel, power-point, word file with the preview pane
enabled it gives me the error as below:
for Excel: Not enough memory to run Microsoft Excel. Please close other applications and try again.
For Power point: there is not enough memory or system resources to start power point.
However the file opens fine when I double click it. I have tried the following"
1. Repaired, re-installed office 365 pro plus.
2. Disabled, enabled and changed virtual memory page file size. It did not make any difference.
3. Have verified folder and search options and they are fine for the preview pane.
Is there anything we can do about it?

Since we were unable to reproduce in my test machine, we were unable to determine the root cause of the problem. This seems to be happening when Windows is trying instantiate the Office application for the preview in the Preview pane, if the repair
Office still doesn't work, we might turn our mind onto Windows OS level.
Here is my suggestion:
1. Disable all of security programs or Anti-virus on that machine.
2. Disable DEP.
3. If you installed any video or graphic codec programs, please temporary to remove them to check the result.
Feel free to post back.
====================
I've summary the Symptom as following:
When trying to open files from a file share using Microsoft Office 2013 via Windows Explorer, we're see the following messages in the respective Office apps (see below). However, after clicking OK in the respective dialog, the Office files open from
the share as expected.
Microsoft Word
Sorry, something went wrong and Word was unable to start. (24)
Microsoft Excel
Not enough memory to run Microsoft Excel. Please close other applications and try again.
Microsoft PowerPoint
There's not enough memory or system resources to start Microsoft PowerPoint.
The issue does not happen if we navigate to the same file via the File > Open dialog.
Tony Chen
TechNet Community Support

I just upgraded to Yosemite. Now when I try to open Excel, I get a message that there's not enough memory. When I check the storage under "about this Mac" it says I have 150 GB of 249 GB. Help please. Thanks

I just upgraded to Yosemite. Now when I try to open one particular document in Excel, I get a message that there's not enough memory. I can open other documents. The document I can't get to is the spreadsheet of my passwords. Go figure. When I check the storage under "about this Mac" it says I have 150 GB of 249 GB. I have a MacBook Air. Help please. Thanks, Connie

I just upgraded to Yosemite. Now when I try to open one particular document in Excel, I get a message that there's not enough memory. I can open other documents. The document I can't get to is the spreadsheet of my passwords. Go figure. When I check the storage under "about this Mac" it says I have 150 GB of 249 GB. I have a MacBook Air. Help please. Thanks, Connie

Not enough memory or disk space in excel and word office 365

I have windows 8.1 and am having huge issues with excel and word in office 365.
When i download a document i am unable to open as message reads cannot open as not enough memory or disk space.
I have plenty of disk space and memory however have searched this and the following has been answered BUT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND This and need HELP with step by step instructions on how to do please;
To resolve the issue, refer to the methods below:
Go to this key on Registry Editor (Run | Regedit)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
change key Cache to something like C:\Windows\Temp
You might also right click on the file with file explorer, choose Properties, then General tab and click on the Unblock button.
Some of our customers found it sometimes a permission problem.
cmd => dcomcnfg
Click >Component services >Computes >My Computer>Dcom config> and select micro soft Excel Application>
Right Click on microsoft Excel Application>Properties>Give Asp.net Permissions
Select Identity table >Select interactive user >select ok
However i do not understand a word of the above or how to do PLEASE HELP this is extremly frustrating as i am doing correspondence and I am unable to access any files.
Thanks

Hi,
You must have read this thread:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/9773a7c4-29a8-48ff-9d16-e1ca4c478610/excel-2013-microsoft-excel-can-not-open-or-save-anymore-documents-because-there-is-not-enough?forum=officesetupdeploy
To detail the steps, please do as I describe:
Important
This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the
registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry,
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-the-registry
To open the Registry Editor, please press Win + R, type regedit in the blank box, press
Enter. / Or we can type regedit.exe in Windows 8.1 Search, you'll find it easily.
Now the Registry Editor is open.
Then we see the pane on left, expand the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Then we can see a list on right, find Cache, right click on it, click
Modify..., under Value data, change the value to something like
C:\Windows\Temp, click OK.
Exit Registry Editor.
As for "You might also right click on the file with file explorer, choose Properties, then General tab and click on the Unblock button." Just find the file, right click on it, choose
Properties, under General tab, if you see a
Unblock button, click on it.
"Some of our customers found it sometimes a permission problem.
cmd => dcomcnfg" Do the following:
Press Win + R, type in cmd in the blank box, press
Enter.
In the new black-background window, type in dcomcnfg, press
Enter.
Then the Component Services window will pop up, on the left pane, expand
Component services -> Computes ->
My Computer -> Dcom config -> and select
Microsoft Excel Application, right click on it -> Properties ->
Identity tab -> Select The interactive user ->
OK.
I hope I've explained the steps clearly.
Good luck.
Regards,
Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

There is "not enough memory" in excell for me to save a new document

i have a 10.9.2
there is currently 51.8MG in excell
the file i am working on is 2.9MG.
but when i go to create a new sheet with a pivot table a message comes up saying "not enough memory"
i went to try and increase the memory and found that there is plenty of memory in excell
so why?

A bug in Excel maybe? Are you using Office 2011 with the latest update (14.4.1)?
If yes to above, you should use the Microsoft Office for Mac forum -> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac. That's where the Excel gurus hang out.
Clinton

Microsoft Excel won't open because it says there is not enough memory?

I'm trying to open Microsoft Excel and a prompt appears stating that there is not enough memory even though I have 140gb available of a 250gb hard drive. Any suggestions?

You're right, i did. But how do I clear out available RAM? When I check the Activity Monitor and then System Memory it says I have 1.3gb available. That SHOULD be enough. Right?

When i try to open excel in mac I receive a message that there is not enough memory. Why s this?

when i try to open excel in mac I receive a message that there is not enough memory. Why s this?

As Excel is not an Apple product, I believe you will get more useful help by using Microsoft's support community for Office:Mac here:
Office for Mac forums
They are as active and helpful as these, and sometimes employees from the MS Mac Business Group are available for helping.
Be sure to show which version of Office:Mac you have when posting there. It can make s difference in advice offered.

Not enough memory message when opening excel and powerpoint

I am running Mac OS X version 10.5.8. I installed Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac about a year ago and was running it without any trouble until about 3 months ago. I can still open Word, but receive a 'not enough memory' message when I try to open Excel or Powerpoint. Has anyone else encountered this problem and does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks

Yes I have and I think that's when the problem occurred. I've just read another post from someone who was having the same problem. Apparently the solution is just to keep hitting the escape button every time the error message pops up and eventually the application opens! Not very high tech, but I'll give it a go and let you know how I get on.

'Not enough memory' when opening Excel, Word or ppt

When I try to open Excel, Word or ppt, I get a pop up box stating 'Not enough memory'.
I am running the latest update and through Disk Utility have done a repair disk.
HELP!
I have run a search on google to solve the problem but the solutions appeared far too 'techie'.
I can follow reasonable guidance but was lost even reading their proposed solution.
Any guidance much appreciated.
Thank you

Alec71 wrote:
Hi,
Thank you to those who have replied.
Problem remains unsolved.
Here is what I am running.
OS X Version : 10.8.2
Processor : 2.4 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory : 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Start Up Disk : Macintosh HD
Russa,
thank you for your post. I followed your advice and it states the memory is OK.
Grant,
thank you for your post.
I am using Microsoft Office 2008.
I used the Activity monitor to read System Memory to determine how much RAM is being used:
In response to your Questions:
Total Memory in the Mac = 4 GB
Free (Green) = 1.41 GB (1 third of the pie)
Wired (Red) = 733.7 MB
Active (Yellow) = 1.64 GB
Inactive (Blue) = 232.6 MB
Used = 2.58 GB
Page Outs = 0 bytes (0 bytes / sec)
Swap used = 0 bytes
Does anyone have any solutions now I have provided a bit more information?
Thank you, I can't function without being able to access word & excel.
Reinstall Office 2008.

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Export report Excel-Data Only works not,'not enough memory for operation'

Hi all,
we are using in our Software CrystalReport Version 11 Service Pack 5. Crystal report is intergated for .NET. We can not uninstall CrystalReport Version 11 Service Pack 5 to install another Version or another Service Pack.
We are haveing problems to export report as Excel 97-2000 Data Only, "not enough memory for operation" message pop up after you try to export report as Excel data Only.
Export Report as PDF is working fine.
This problems are on Windows XP Sp3 and Vista. On Windows 7 we have no problem.
Please, can somebody help me solving this problem, or to finde a workaround for Windows XP. Memory from PC is not the problem.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
Odisej Nujiq

Odisej, unfortunately, processes such as remote sessions are reserved for phone cases only. You can create a phone case here;
http://store.businessobjects.com/store/bobjamer/en_US/pd/productID.98078100?resid=S6I@hgoHAkEAAGsiyVkAAAAR&rests=1282226845369
Also, just as an FYI, see the blog [What are these 'support' forums good for anyhow?|/people/ludek.uher/blog/2011/04/07/what-are-these-support-forums-good-for-anyhow]
Without phone support, you are left to do most of the foot work your self. On the forums, we can provide suggestions and guidance, but that is about it.
Couple of things to note though. If you do create a phone case, one of the 1st things that you will be asked is to update your app to SP6 - unless you can prove the same issue exists with SP6 (see more bellow).
Something I would recommend you try is to take an XP box, install SP6 on it, then install your app on it. If this works, your options are highly limited. E.g.; SP6...
One other utility that may be worthwhile to use is [Process Monitor|http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx]. Run that on the XP box. In the logs, look for "Access Denied" error messages. Look for load or other issues with crxf_xls.dll, exportmodeller.dll and crtslv.dll.
From your responses I am still not sure if you actually did run Modules and compared the results. This is much, much easier to do than working with ProcMon and I'd start there. To summarize, my troubleshooting plan (irrespective of the limits imposed on you) would be:
1) Use Modules as this is the easiest thing you can do
2) Try this with SP6 - more work that (1) above, but at least you are on the latest. If this works, banging your head into an SP5 wall will do you no good (like I said, irrespective of what ever limits...)
3) Use ProcMon - not too difficult, but time consuming as you will be looking over 100s, possibly 1000s of lines and not being familiar with details of CR, this will take time.
- Ludek

Why does my Mac keep telling me that there is not enough memory when I need to open Excel?

I have Excel installed on my iMac.
I only use this rarely, mostly when I have grants to write for my students.
When I try to open Excel, to look at an old document, I get the message that there is not enough memory, even though my Mac right now has 74 GB available.
I really, really, really need to access these files, so am hoping for an answer to this puzzle!
Thanks so much!!!

OK, so here's what I did.
First time, I reinstalled Office: 2008. It must have sent the first one to the trash, because there were 9200+files in the trash once it was finished. It looked for updates but didn't tell me that it needed any, so I tried to access Excel again, but got the same error message.
So, then I dragged the whole Microsoft Office 2008 to the trash (it is still sitting there----question about this, too). I reinstalled the whole thing again, but this time, it identified 3 updates that also needed to be installed. I did that, and now, I am able to open Excel!
Now my question about the trash: if I empty the trash, am I going to lose all the files (especially worried about all the Word documents) that I had used the original one for, or, are all those documents, and the Excel files, still there after the trash with the original Office 2008 is emptied; I wasn't able to only drag Excel to the trash so had to drag the whole thing.
Am thinking that somehow those updates were never applied, which is very puzzling, because the first time I reinstalled, it didn't say anything about needing updates, but the second time, it did.
Thank you!

Error Message: Not enough memory for operation.

Hi All,
I'm having problem when try to connect to Oracle DB, check my details as below :
Connector : Microsoft ODBC for Oracle
Database Expert : Using Stored Procedure to populate data to excel.
Server Used: DBCCSWST125.reportjobserver
Error Message: Not enough memory for operation
Problem occurred when I tried to use stored procedure in my rpt file.
Thanks.

You are using multiple versions and it's still not clear what is happening but the CR 2008 reports should not be published to BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2. CR 2008 has functionality that XI R3 does not support.
Create reports in CR XI R2 for BOE R2.
Also, your version of Enterprise has not been patched. You should have a Support contract which will allow you to get into our Gated site and update BOE. Then it may work but check with your administrators first before patching BOE.
Thank you
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