Microsoft KB Archive/21654

Word 2.x: Out of Memory Printing Columns

PSS ID Number: Q21654 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

2.x

MS-DOS

There is a problem with in Microsoft Word version 2.0 and multiple column printing such that after several pages, you can run out of memory. If you set an 11&quot; size, it will show up eventually, but not nearly so soon.

This effect usually shows up when someone is doing a Print-Merge. To do a Print-Merge, Word creates an image of the page to be printed in memory, by reading all the merge data needed for the page and then printing it. The printer driver is also kept in memory as well. The Apple LaserWriter takes up more room in memory for the merge than other driver. Thus there is less memory for the merge.

This problem was corrected in Word Version 3.0.

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