Office 2008 for Mac: Not Enough Memory

Are you getting this error message when trying to open particular Word or Excel documents, or does it occur if you simply open Word or Excel without specifying a document?

If you create a new user account does the same thing happen when you are logged in to that account?

To create a new user account, open *System Preferences* (from the Apple menu) and select Accounts. Click the lock in the lower left to unlock it, entering your password. Name the new account and enter a password for it. Now log out of your own account and log in to the new one. Try to launch Word or Excel.

The new documents don't have anything to do with this issue unless it is them you are trying to open when you get the error.

Let us know what happens, we'll keep working with you.

Best of luck.

Aargh, sorry, I left out a step to creating a user account. Click the "+" button in the lower left to create the new user.

Best of luck.

Since Office is no an Apple product, you should really consider posting your question on MIcrosoft's own forums for their Mac software, as chances are the same question has already been asked and answered.

http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

Looks like I'm following you around here. But there is nothing about this on Microsoft for Mac's boards. It happened when I downloaded the automatic software update last Friday. Didn't know there was a problem until I tried to open Office. It had worked fine for nearly two years. Not sure what's going on.

Did you try to just "log in" as the new user? A "not enough memory" error never means you don't have enough memory. It means there is some corrupt preferences file. You can look in the Library folder in your home directory and delete all the Office preferences files. That should fix it.

If it won't let you log out, you have a more significant issue. I would suggest to get around this you try the following:

Go to *System Preference* > Accounts > Unlock the lock as before > Select *Login Options*. Look for the *Automatic login* menu and from it select Off.

Now shut down the computer and restart it. Log in to the newly created account instead of your usual one. Try to launch one of the problem apps.

Let us know what happens, we'll keep helping.

Best of luck.

Okay, so that actually tells us something believe it or not. Your problem is system wide and not user specific. This will help in the further troubleshooting.

First thing I would try here would be to reinstall MS Office. I don't remember if Office 2008 comes with an uninstall program. If it does, use it. If not, drag the folder with Office in it to the trash.

Once uninstall has been completed, reinstall Office from it's original disk. Now try again to launch Word or Excel.

Let's keep after it. I can understand your frustration but we are on the right track.

Best of luck.