PowerPoint: Memory too Full Error When Pasting from Excel
PSS ID Number: Q108333
Article last modified on 09-15-1994
PSS database name: POWERPT

3.00
WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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You may receive the error message "Sorry, memory is too full to
perform the operation" if you attempt to paste a range of cells from
Excel into PowerPoint. This will occur if the width or height of the
selection is too large for PowerPoint to fit in the application
window.
If you are running Windows with the standard VGA display driver, up to 71
rows or 16 columns of standard size can be pasted into PowerPoint before
receiving the error message.

WORKAROUNDS
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1. Try changing your display driver to increase your Windows display
   resolution.

   -or-

2. Reduce the row height or column width of the cells in your Excel
   spreadsheet before copying them to the clipboard.

    -or-

3. Copy the cell range in sections as opposed to copying the entire
   range at once.

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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.