Hello Jeff,
Error 2 messages relate to lack of memory. These are my recommendations when
you work on long and/or complex documents in Word 2001:
1. Allocate more "preferred" memory to Word: the default setting of
10,000K (which is 10 megabytes) is totally inadequate for longer, more
complex documents (especially with macros) and will almost inevitably cause
problems. Quit Word if it's open -> go to the folder in which the Word
application is stored -> click once to select it -> key Command-i ->
"Microsoft Word info" window opens -> pop down the menu next to "Show" and
select "Memory":
A. If you have 192 megabytes, or less, of physical RAM installed in your
Mac, set "Preferred Size" to at least 24000K (that is, 24 MB) but preferably
48000K (= 48 MB). If you have 192 or more megabytes of RAM you can
profitably set the preferred size as high as 80000K (= 80 MB). If you have,
say, 512 MB or more of RAM and you work on very complex and/or graphics-rich
Word documents, even 120,000K (= 120 MB) will be beneficial, provided you
don't operate other memory-hungry software at the same time.
B. Leave "Minimum Size" at 7000K -- this is very important.
2. Go to the Apple menu -> Control panels -> memory and ensure virtual
memory is switched on and set at 1 MB more than the physical memory
installed (you can find the amount of physical memory by clicking on the
desktop and popping down the Apple menu to "About this computer").
If that doesn't fix everything, post back (although if you still have
problems with the menus, first see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/Word2001Menus.htm).
-- Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
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