When ever i am trying to open any word document it says..insufficient disk or memory space to load fonts.....?

Question

When ever i am trying to open any word document it says..insufficient disk or memory space to load fonts.....?
pls help ..it is most urgent..i dont have an office cd with me..how can i get the problem solved..?

Answer 1

1.
Most probably you have too many fonts installed.
Go to c:\windows\fonts (or c:\winnt\fonts or...)
Delete the big files and unneeded fonts there. As a bonus, Windows will start faster.

You can delete all fonts except:
Font NameFile Name

ArialARIAL.TTFstandard since Windows 3.1
Arial BoldARIALBD.TTF
Arial Bold ItalicARIALBI.TTF
Arial ItalicARIALI.TTF
Comic Sans MSCOMIC.TTFstandard since Windows 95
Comic Sans MS BoldCOMICBD.TTF
CourierCOUR*.FONbitmapped display
Courier NewCOUR.TTFstandard since Windows 3.1
Courier New BoldCOURBD.TTF
Courier New Bold ItalicCOURBI.TTF
Courier New ItalicCOURI.TTF
FixedsysVGAFIX.FONsmall (96 DPI) display
8514FIX.FONlarge (120 DPI) display
Lucida ConsoleLUCON.TTFsince Windows 98
Lucida Sans UnicodeL_10646.TTFsince Windows 98
MarlettMARLETT.TTFdialog boxes and windows
Microsoft Sans SerifMICROSS.TTFsince Windows 2000
ModernMODERN.FONstandard plotter font
MS Sans SerifSSERIF*.FONbitmapped display
MS SerifSERIF*.FONbitmapped display
MS-DOS CP 437 (etc)DOSAPP.FONbitmapped display
ScriptSCRIPT.FONstandard plotter font
Segoe UISEGOEUI.TTFWindows Vista, Office 2007
Segoe UI BoldSEGOEUIB.TTF
Segoe UI Bold ItalicSEGOEUIZ.TTF
Segoe UI ItalicSEGOEUII.TTF
Small FontsSMALL*.FONbitmapped display
SymbolSYMBOL*.FONbitmapped display
SymbolSYMBOL.TTFTrueType version
SystemVGASYS.FONsmall (96 DPI) display
8514SYS.FONlarge (120 DPI) display
TahomaTAHOMA.TTFsince Windows 98, Office 97
Tahoma BoldTAHOMABD.TTF
TerminalVGAOEM.FONsmall (96 DPI) display
8514OEM.FONlarge (120 DPI) display
Times New RomanTIMES.TTFstandard since Windows 3.1
Times New Roman BoldTIMESBD.TTF
Times New Roman Bold ItalicTIMESBI.TTF
Times New Roman ItalicTIMESI.TTF
Trebuchet MSTREBUC.TTFWindows XP dialog boxes
Trebuchet MS BoldTREBUCBD.TTF
Trebuchet MS Bold ItalicTREBUCBI.TTF
Trebuchet MS ItalicTREBUCIT.TTF
VerdanaVERDANA.TTFstandard since Windows 95
Verdana BoldVERDANAB.TTF
Verdana Bold ItalicVERDANAZ.TTF
Verdana ItalicVERDANAI.TTF
WingdingsWINGDING.TTFstandard since Windows 3.1

2.
In future: DON'T use the default- or full-install options when installing programs. ALWAYS use custom-setup, and then ONLY install the options of which you're sure you are going to use.

3.
Check for spyware online.
Like: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

4.
Consider adding more memory to the system. This is in most cases, a way better thing then upgrading the CPU.

5.
Most probably you don't need all the options in the newer versions. You might consider removing the OfficeXP/Office2003/Office2007 and just stick with Office97 or Office2000 (or the fully free Office-version at http://www.openoffice.org).
They open up much faster, and waste less memory and diskspace. By default many things want to install themselves. Deselect ALL unneeded things. Don't install things like MS-Project, nobody needs that stuff.

6.
Directly after boot: go to c:\windows\temp and remove all files there. Reboot again.

7.
Rightclick on the C-drive in Windows explorer. Then search for files bigger then 10000kB. This gives an idea of what files take up all the space. If there are files listed there which are not typically in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32, then you could google up the files to find out what they are. You'll see, many are not needed and can be removed.

Answer 2

sounds like a straightforward problem. You need more memory.

A document does not contain the acutal fonts used to create it. Instead it tells your computer to go into its archives, find the same fonts, and load them into its memory so that the document can display properly.

The computer does this by storing them in either intermal memory or in a cache or on your hard disk. This takes space which the program is telling you that you are short of.

Options:

1) Buy more memory and install it.
2) Check to see what other programs are running that may be hogging the available memory. You may have picked up a virus that is also causing the memory to be in use even tho it says it is free. Run a virus check.. (you do have Virus software don't you!!!! - hint hint hint)
3) See if your setup will let you load the document with default fonts. It will look funny but will read.
4) See if your hard disk is getting full. 'Getting full' starts at about 70% of the space is used. Defrag your machine and then check its size.

Getting the office disk won't solve a thing..

Option 1 is not a bad option Most computers and their programs can benifit by more memory. Especially internet surfing.

good luck...

g

Answer 3

There is one possibility the others have not suggested. It appears the document you are trying to load was written with a font not normally used by your computer. If you can contact the originator of the documents, have them "save" the document using a True Font --- such as Verdana. That way your computer will not try to load a large batch of fonts.

Answer 4

it is also possible that the fonts are corrupted, does this happen when you open an exsisting document or only when you create a new document?

if it happens with an exsisting document can you try loading up the document on a different computer?

Answer 5

Ok

First , i have to ask , isit the first time it happens , or isit with a specific file ?? Now , we can increase your cache mem and virtual mem , but i need to know what numbers you have now , for that do this ,

Control panel and open , system , from system chect the tab that says advance , from there where it says performance select settings from setting select the tab advance , at the bottom of it it should say virtual mem , THATS the number i need first in order to proceed with the others

Answer 6

1 search fonts delete most of the strange ones
2 get rid of the crap from your c: drive dir to free up space
3 burn my pictures to a cd then delete them(usually takes up the most space)
provide more info on the size of your c drive and any partitions/extra drives?

Answer 7

you can increase the virtual memory safely between 800 and 1200

Answer 8

this problem generates due to RAM . increase the RAM it will solve UR problem