OFF97: Dr. Watson Error with Rotated Text in Embedded Workbook (169718)

SYMPTOMS

If you create an embedded Microsoft Excel workbook in a Microsoft Word document or in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you may receive the following error message

Not enough memory

and then you receive the following Dr. Watson for Windows NT error message:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

Excel.exe

Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address 0x3015c3ed

After you click OK, Microsoft Excel quits, Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint becomes unstable, and you must quit the program.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if all of the following conditions are true:

You are using Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0.

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You rotate the text in a cell.

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You apply cell borders to the cell with the rotated text.

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The Microsoft Excel workbook is embedded in either a Microsoft Word document or a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, eliminate or minimize rotated text in a Microsoft Excel workbook that is embedded in a Microsoft Word document or in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about embedding objects, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the following text

embedded objects, Microsoft Excel worksheets

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Insert a Microsoft Excel worksheet or chart into a Word document" topic.