OFF2000: Error Copying Item When Office Clipboard Is Out of Memory

When you copy an item in any of the Office 2000 programs, you may receive the following error message and Office does not copy the selected item to the Clipboard.

This problem occurs when the Office Clipboard is enabled and you copy an item that would cause the Office Clipboard to exceed four megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM). The Office Clipboard is limited to four MB of RAM.

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

Method 1: Clear the Office Clipboard

Click the Clear Clipboard button on the Clipboard toolbar. This removes all previously copied items from the Office Clipboard.

Method 2: Close the Office Clipboard

Follow these steps:

1. Close the Clipboard toolbar.
2. Copy the item that you tried to copy previously.

The item is copied to the Windows Clipboard. For additional information about disabling the Office Clipboard, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: