Microsoft KB Archive/123102

Mac Works 4.0: Unable to Paste into Works 3.0

PSS ID Number: Q123102 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.0 4.0a 4.0b

MACINTOSH

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= SYMPTOMS =

When you try to copy information from a Microsoft Works 4.0 Spreadsheet or Database document into a Microsoft Works 3.0 document nothing is pasted, and you may encounter one of the following messages:

There is not enough memory to save undo information. Do you want to proceed anyway?

-or-

There is not enough memory to complete the operation. Try closing other documents before trying again.

= RESOLUTION =


 * 1) In your Works 4.0 Database or Spreadsheet, select the information you want to copy.
 * 2) From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 3) Create a new Word Processor document in Works 4.0.
 * 4) From the Edit menu, choose Paste.
 * 5) From the Edit menu, choose Select All.
 * 6) From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 7) From the File menu, choose Quit.
 * 8) Open Microsoft Works 3.0 and open the document into which you want to paste the information.
 * 9) From the Edit menu, choose Paste.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works versions 4.0, 4.0a and 4.0b. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbinterop kbbuglist kbprb KBSubcategory: macworkskb

Additional reference words: 4.0, 4.0a mac m_works blank lost copies copied out of memory 4.00 4.00a 4.00b ====================================================================== Keywords : kbbuglist Version : 4.0 4.0a 4.0b Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.