My Reply follows quote. On 25/04/2004 09:56 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >I use ClarisWorks 4.0v4 as my word processing app, not only for writing, >but also to read up certain TeachText/SimpleText documents I generate >which are "too large" to be opened by TeachText/SimpleText. The document >in particular I'm having trouble with is an AOL Instant Messenger chat >log which contains a lot of "brainstorming" information I occasionally go >back to for reference (to copy it out of the log and use it elsewhere). >Up until last night, I had no such problem opening this document in >Claris, but no matter what I did, I kept getting the prompt "Not enough >memory to complete this application." I went into the folder, checked the >document and see it's now up to 2.5 MB. Note that I keep Virtual Memory >turned on, if that helps. > >Solutions I tried to get it to open were quitting out of every other app >I had open at the time, using Get Info to allocate more memory to >ClarisWorks (several times, using what I thought had to be seriously >ridiculouly high settings for "Minimum " and "Preferred" given that the >"suggested size" is only 1400K), and in the Memory control panel, also >jumping the Disk Cache and Virtual Memory sizes to ridiculous proportions >-- and yes I did remember to reboot the 7200 after making changes to the >control panel. --------- Sounds to me as though the file has become corrupted or ClarisWorks has embedded a bunch of "info" in the file that causes the odd memory need.
You might download a copy of BBEdit Lite and open the file with that. Then you can eliminate all but the text portion and end up with a file just a few kilobytes in size. Ken -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
