XL97: Problems Importing Files from Quattro Pro 7.0 (163895)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, when you open a file that appears to be a Microsoft Excel 5.0 file, you may receive the following error message:

Out of memory

Note that the error is more likely to occur if you are working with a workbook that contains a large number of objects, and you attempt to format or copy the objects.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

In Quattro Pro for Windows, version 7.0, you create, and then save a file in the Microsoft Excel 5.0 format.

-and-
You open the file in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows.

A file that you save from Quattro Pro for Windows, version 7.0, in the Microsoft Excel 5.0 format may not work correctly when you open it in Microsoft Excel 97.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Save the File in a Different Format in Quattro Pro

Open the original Quattro Pro for Windows, version 7.0 (WB3) file in Quattro Pro for Windows, version 7.0.
Click ply A, and then save the ply in the DIF format.
Repeat step 2 for each ply in the WB3 file.

Use the Quattro Pro File Converter

Download and install the Quattro Pro File Converter, Quatt97.exe, file from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/quatt97.aspx

STATUS

This problem occurs when you use Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Quattro Pro for Windows, version 7.0.

Quattro Pro for Windows is manufactured by Corel Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

REFERENCES

For more information about opening a Quattro Pro file, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

Quattro Pro

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "View or save files from other programs as Microsoft Excel workbooks" topic.