OFF98: Not Enough Memory Error Starting Unbind (183880)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

This article was previously published under Q183880

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to run the Microsoft Unbind utility program, you receive the following error message:

There is not enough memory to load the Microsoft Office 98 Microsoft
OLEBase Library shared library.

When you click OK, you receive the following error message:

Assert:OLEInitialize Failed

When you click OK again, you are returned to the desktop.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

You install Microsoft Office 98 by using the drag-and-drop method.

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You install the Unbind utility.

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You run the Unbind utility before you start any of the Office 98 programs.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, start one of the Office 98 programs before you use the Unbind utility for the first time.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the programs listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The Unbind utility that is included in the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition Value Pack allows you to extract the sections from a binder file and save them as separate workbooks, documents, and presentations.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the Unbind utility, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

binder

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Separate files out of a binder" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

For additional information about the value pack installer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181766 How to Install Value Pack Components

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/2/2002
Keywords:	kbbug kbsetup KB183880