Cannot display requested font, insufficient memory

I

Ivalaine

about 3 weeks ago, Word (home and student 2007) began to spit up the error

"There is insufficient Memory of disk space. Word cannot display the
requested font" and removes all fonts except calibri, and screws up the file
somewhat.

1G memory free when using word, 30+G Hdd space free.

it has gotten to the point where it is almost impossible to get any work
done. it is now doing it every time i open word.

I have tried reinstalling, twice. no effect. i have tried removing the pdf
creator. no effect. uninstalling adobe reader had no effect. installing the
latest adobe has not helped.

updating printer drivers didnt fix the problem either. im completely at a
loss, and the microsoft support system is refusing to work atm.
 
T

Terry Farrell

It may indicate a corrupt normal.dot or a corrupt printer driver. The latter
is highly likely.

Check that you have the latest printer driver and then delete and reinstall
the printer.

If it is still the same, rename normal.dot as normal.bad.
 
I

Ivalaine

as i said, i reunstalled the printer, got the latest drivers (released a
month ago)

i have also tried renaming the normal.dot file to force a new one to be
made.. that did not work either.
 
T

Terry Farrell

Well that may indicate a corrupt font. Is it always the same font that you
are trying to switch to or is that with ALL fonts? Is it ALL documents or
just one document? Does it happen in Safe Mode?

Terry
 
I

Ivalaine

it happens as soon as i open a blank document or any other document, which
includes a range of fonts.

office diagnostics found nothing wrong.

appears to work in safe mode.ie, doesnt spit up the error as soon as the
file opens. although that's not really a solution...
 
I

Ivalaine

FYI... opening a document now after i returned from safe mode has not spat
the error message up... but i have had it also crop up after a while of
having documents open before... and then it leads to always doing it when i
open a document. i am presuming that is what this is.
 
I

Ivalaine

only active add in was a smart tag

- person name (outlook email recipient) which i never turned on.

turned it off, and had no problems all night. yay for no more "cannot
display requested font" in office 2007
 
I

Ivalaine

ok. so that didnt last long. the error is back in full force. there are no
add ins listed as active. the only thing i can think of is that adobe wanted
me to do some updates, but i hit delete all, because frankly it annoys the
crap out of me whenever that window pops up. but i went back in and did an
update and nothing. error is still there
 
T

Terry Farrell

Well we are back to suspecting an incompatible or corrupt printer driver.
Have you tried installing a different LOCAL printer driver and setting it as
the Windows default?

Terry
 
R

rafael ruales

Ok, so I had just rolled out someone from office 2k3 to 2k10 and they were gettings that meessage when they tried to open word.
I reinstalled the latest printer driver for the printer they have onsite. that did not fix it
but then i rebooted the machine and that fixed it.
i know it sounds stupid, but have you tried rebooting?



Terry Farrell wrote:

Well we are back to suspecting an incompatible or corrupt printer driver.
06-Jul-08

Well we are back to suspecting an incompatible or corrupt printer driver
Have you tried installing a different LOCAL printer driver and setting it a
the Windows default

Terry

Previous Posts In This Thread:

Cannot display requested font, insufficient memory
about 3 weeks ago, Word (home and student 2007) began to spit up the erro

"There is insufficient Memory of disk space. Word cannot display the
requested font" and removes all fonts except calibri, and screws up the file
somewhat

1G memory free when using word, 30+G Hdd space free

it has gotten to the point where it is almost impossible to get any work
done. it is now doing it every time i open word

I have tried reinstalling, twice. no effect. i have tried removing the pdf
creator. no effect. uninstalling adobe reader had no effect. installing the
latest adobe has not helped

updating printer drivers didnt fix the problem either. im completely at a
loss, and the microsoft support system is refusing to work atm.

It may indicate a corrupt normal.dot or a corrupt printer driver.
It may indicate a corrupt normal.dot or a corrupt printer driver. The latter
is highly likely

Check that you have the latest printer driver and then delete and reinstall
the printer

If it is still the same, rename normal.dot as normal.bad

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MV


as i said, i reunstalled the printer, got the latest drivers (released a month
as i said, i reunstalled the printer, got the latest drivers (released a
month ago

i have also tried renaming the normal.dot file to force a new one to be
made.. that did not work either

:

Well that may indicate a corrupt font.
Well that may indicate a corrupt font. Is it always the same font that you
are trying to switch to or is that with ALL fonts? Is it ALL documents or
just one document? Does it happen in Safe Mode

Terr


it happens as soon as i open a blank document or any other document, which
it happens as soon as i open a blank document or any other document, which
includes a range of fonts

office diagnostics found nothing wrong

appears to work in safe mode.ie, doesnt spit up the error as soon as the
file opens. although that's not really a solution..

:

FYI...
FYI... opening a document now after i returned from safe mode has not spat
the error message up... but i have had it also crop up after a while of
having documents open before... and then it leads to always doing it when i
open a document. i am presuming that is what this is

:

If it is OK in Safe Mode, then it points to an incompatible third party add-in.
If it is OK in Safe Mode, then it points to an incompatible third party
add-in. You need to isolate the add-in and then see if there is an update
for it. See how to find add-in

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalled.ht

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011514521033.asp

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MV


only active add in was a smart tag - person name (outlook email recipient)
only active add in was a smart tag

- person name (outlook email recipient) which i never turned on.

turned it off, and had no problems all night. yay for no more "cannot
display requested font" in office 2007

:

ok. so that didnt last long. the error is back in full force.
ok. so that didnt last long. the error is back in full force. there are no
add ins listed as active. the only thing i can think of is that adobe wanted
me to do some updates, but i hit delete all, because frankly it annoys the
crap out of me whenever that window pops up. but i went back in and did an
update and nothing. error is still there

:

Well we are back to suspecting an incompatible or corrupt printer driver.
Well we are back to suspecting an incompatible or corrupt printer driver.
Have you tried installing a different LOCAL printer driver and setting it as
the Windows default?

Terry


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Terry Farrell

This post was from the Summer of 2008: I hope that they have rebooted
hundreds of times since then.
 

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