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1. Microsoft Excel File Extension
2. Can't Save Microsoft Excel File Could Not Open In Protected View
3. Can't Save Microsoft Excel File Extension
4. Cant Save Microsoft Excel Files
5. Cant Save Microsoft Excel File Instead
6. Can't Save Microsoft Excel File Format

On the File menu, select Save As. In the Save as Type list, select a file format other than the current file format. If you are using Microsoft Excel 2007 or a later version, save the file as.xlsx or.xlsm instead of as.xls. Try to save the workbook to another location. Please go to FileOptionsTrust CenterTrust center settingsFile Block settings. Under File Type, find the type of your file which is unable to be saved, uncheck the check box of Save. You may get the file type by right clicking the filePropertiesGeneralType of file. Then check if you can save the file successfully.

How to save or convert an Excel file as/to pipe delimited file?

It is common and easy to convert a workbook to a CSV file for us. But how about saving an Excel as a pipe delimited file? This article will show you method of saving an Excel file as a pipe delimited file in details.

Save an Excel file as pipe delimited file

To save an Excel workbook as a pipe delimited file, please do as follows.

1. Open the Control Panel on your computer. In the Control Panel window, please select Category from the View by drop-down list, then click the Clock, Language, and Region option as below screenshot shown.

2. In the Clock, Language, and Region window, click Region (or Region and Language) on the right side. See screenshot:

3. In the Region (or Region and Language) dialog box, click the Additional Settings… button as below screenshot shown.

4. Then the Customize Format dialog box is opening. Please remove the comma in the List separator box under the Numbers tab, then press the Shift + keys together to enter the | delimiter into the List separator box, and finally click the OK button. See screenshot:

5. Click the OK button when it returns to the Region (or Region and Language) dialog box.

6. Open the workbook and shift to the worksheet you need to save as pipe delimited file, then click File > Save as > Browse. See screenshot:

7. In the Save As window, you need to:

7.1) Choose a folder to save your pipe delimiter file;

7.2) Name the file as you need in the File name box;

7.3) Select CSV (Comma delimited) from the Save as type drop-down list.

7.4) Click the Save button. See screenshot:

8. Then a prompt box pops up, please click the OK button.

Now current worksheet is converted to a pipe delimited file. If you want to save all sheets as pipe delimited files, please repeat the above step 6 to 8 to save them individually using a different file name for each.

For checking the pipe delimited file, please right click it and select Open with > Notepad as below screenshot:

Then you can see values are separated by pipe delimiter as below screenshot shown.

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  what was the excel version u have used for this demo?

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    Hi vivek,
    This has been successfully tested in Excel 2016, 2013 and 2010.
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  I have a couple files that have to be exported to a 3rd party as pipe-delimited, but usually I need the files to be comma-delimited.
  Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to give both options.
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  I would say be careful with this. On my system it worked as intended, but unintentionally it prevented excel functions with commas from working. I had to reset the configuration and find the original csv to start over.

Summary :

Microsoft Office is world-famous assistance for work. It includes many practical programs, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Even Microsoft Outlook is available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite.

However, people complained they run into the error message: There is not enough memory or disk space and don’t know what to do.

Message Saying There Is Not Enough Memory or Disk Space

Three of the most frequently used Microsoft programs are definitely: Microsoft Word (used to deal with word information), Microsoft Excel (used to organize and collect data in tabular form), and Microsoft PowerPoint (a useful tool for making a presentation). When you are trying to open the programs or perform an action in them, you may probably end up in failure; a prompt window will show up to prevent you from continuing what you are doing: There is not enough memory or disk space.

So what does the insufficient memory or disk space error mean? What causes this error to occur? How to fix there is insufficient memory Word or Excel? In the following content, I will answer these questions one by one.

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The error message: There is insufficient disk space to complete operation may appear when you are copying files/folders. How to fix it properly?

Many people ask for help since the Excel or Word has insufficient memory; you can browse the examples in Microsoft Community and other forums.

Causes for Insufficient Memory or Disk Space

Many people reported they see the insufficient memory or disk space when opening Word 2016 Word. Till now, the not enough disk space problem is confirmed to show up on Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 2016.

Our team made a study on the cause of this problem after investigating various users’ reports and find some common factors to trigger the problem in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Word 2016 Insufficient Memory or Disk Space

Microsoft Excel File Extension

1. One: the Normal.dotm file is corrupted.
2. Two: the font cache is corrupted.
3. Three: the permissions on the font folder are not enough.
4. Four: the Office installation is broken.
5. Five: an Add-in has problem.

One: the Normal.dotm file is corrupted.

In general, the default font styles will be loaded automatically while you're opening Word. However, if the Normal.dotm file is damaged somehow, this process can’t be completed; then, the insufficient memory error will get thrown.

The easy way to fix the problem under such circumstances is forcing Windows to create a new .dotm file.

Two: the font cache is corrupted.

Can't Save Microsoft Excel File Could Not Open In Protected View

As mentioned in the previous cause, the font styles are loaded by default when opening Microsoft Office utilities. In fact, they are stored as cache in a font folder on Windows. Sometimes, the font folder may get damaged; then, you’ll receive the not enough memory/disk space error because the fonts used by the file you’re trying to open are included in that corrupted folder.

The easy way to eliminate the error is creating a .bat file that is capable of refreshing your font cache.

Three: the permissions on the font folder are not enough.

Similarly, if users don’t have the necessary permissions to access the corresponding font folder, they won’t be able to open the file.

In this case, you must gain enough permission before opening it by:

• Creating a new policy through Registry Editor
• Making use of a series of Powershell commands

Four: the Office installation is broken.

The error message will appear on your PC screen whether the install of Microsoft Office is incomplete or crippled (this may result from an AV scan).

If this is the root reason for causing the error, you should solve it by invoking Programs and Features to repair the Office installation.

Five: an Add-in has problem.

If any errors occurred on an Add-in, the Microsoft Word insufficient memory will be caused. Till now, several Word Add-ins are found to be responsible for the problem.

Can't Save Microsoft Excel File Extension

If this is the situation, you need to work things out by identifying the problematic Add-in and remove it from your list.

Error Messages Indicating Word Not Enough Memory or Disk Space

You may run into the following messages in Word when it runs out of space:

• There is not enough memory or disk space to run Word.
• There is not enough memory or disk space to update the display.
• There is not enough memory or disk space to complete the operation.
• There is not enough memory or disk space to run the grammar checker.
• There is not enough memory or disk space to display or print the picture.
• There is not enough memory or disk space to repaginate or print this document.
• There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.
• …

Cant Save Microsoft Excel Files

Excel Insufficient Disk Space

The error occurs frequently when users try to copy a large volume of data in the Excel sheets or add formulas to a very large worksheet area.

What’s the root reason for causing this? It’s actually the limitations built in Microsoft Excel.

• The memory of each Excel’s instance can’t be more than 2 GB (gigabyte).
• The source cells number should be less than 32,760 when you’re using a smart fill option.
• The maximum number of line feeds per cell is 253.
• The total number of rows and columns on a worksheet can’t be more than 1,048,576 and 16,384.
• A cell can’t contain characters more than 32,767. While the characters in a header or footer should be less than 255.

You may run into the following messages that indicate this error in Excel:

• Not enough system resources to display completely.
• There is not enough disk space. Free enough disk space, and then try again.
• Not enough memory to run Microsoft Excel. Please close other applications and try again.
• Excel cannot complete this task with available resources. Choose less data or close other applications.
• There isn't enough memory to complete this action. Try using less data or closing other applications. To increase memory availability, consider using a 64-bit version of Microsoft Excel or adding memory to your device.
• Microsoft Excel cannot open or save any more documents because there is not enough available memory or disk space. To make more memory available, close workbooks or programs you no longer need. To free disk space, delete files you no longer need from the disk you are saving to.

Fix There Is Not Enough Memory or Disk Space Error

First, please make sure your computer has enough memory or free disk space left. If not, you should delete unnecessary files and folders from the hard disk.

How to free up disk space:

• Delete data directly (retrieve deleted files on PC).
• Use Diskpart (recover data lost by DiskPart Clean).
• Use Command Prompt (recover files using CMD).
• Turn to Disk Cleanup (Disk Cleanup empty your Downloads folder).
• …

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Here’s a file recovery tutorial you should follow.

Step one: download the setup program of MiniTool Power Data Recovery; don't save it to your drive containing lost files you plan to recover.

Step two: run the setup program to finish software installation and launch it at the end of the process.

Step three: keep Logical Drives selected if the drive contains lost files still exist. Otherwise, you should shift to the Devices tab.

Step four: determine which partition contains the missing files; then, double click on it to start a full scan.

Cant Save Microsoft Excel File Instead

Step five: more and more files will be found while the scan is processing. Please browse the found items carefully and select the data you really want. (You should wait till the end of the scan to see the best recovery result.)

Step six: click on the Save button located in the bottom right corner. Then, choose a storage path for the files you have selected in the previous step and click on the OK button to confirm.

Now, you should wait for the recovery process to complete automatically.

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In the following content, I will provide other useful ways to fix the error in both Word and Excel when it is caused by other problems.

There Is Insufficient Memory Word

1. Fix 1: rename Normal.dotm file.
2. Fix 2: rebuild the font cache.
3. Fix 3: gain necessary permissions.
4. Fix 4: repair the Microsoft Office installation.
5. Fix 5: remove the Add-ins.

Fix 1: rename Normal.dotm file.

The action of renaming the Normal.dotm file will force Microsoft Word to create a new file when you launch the program the next time; thus, the problem could be solved if it’s caused by a corrupted Normal.dotm file.

1. Open Windows Explorer. (How to fix when Windows Explorer has a problem?)
2. Open Local Disk (C:).
3. Find and open the Users folder.
4. Look for the folder with your username. Then, open it.
5. Navigate to the AppData folder (which is not visible by default).
6. Open Roaming, Microsoft, and Templates in older.
7. Click View from the menu bar.
8. Check File name extensions in the Show/hide area.
9. Right click on the dotm file.
10. Choose Rename.
11. Add .old after Normal.dotm and press Enter.
12. Choose Yes to confirm the change.

If you can't see the AppData folder, please read the How to fix when you can’t find the AppData folder part in this post carefully.

Fix 2: rebuild the font cache.

1. Open up a Run dialog box by pressing Start +R or through other ways.
2. Type notepad and hit Enter.
3. Copy & paste the content listed below.
4. Click on the X button and choose Save in the pop-up window.
5. Give it a name with the extension of .bat.
6. Click Save.
7. Right click on the .bat file and choose Run as administrator.
8. Wait for the process to complete.

Fix 3: gain necessary permissions.

1. Open Run dialog.
2. Type powershell and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter.
3. Type Get-acl C:Windowsfontsarial.ttf | Set-Acl -path c:windowsfonts*.* and hit Enter.
4. Type Get-acl C:Windowsfontsarial.ttf | Set-Acl -path c:windowsfonts and hit Enter.
5. Wait for the commands to finish.

Fix 4: repair the Microsoft Office installation.

1. Open up a Run dialog box by pressing Start +R or through other ways.
2. Typecpl and click OK.
3. Look for Microsoft Office from the list in Programs and Features window.
4. Right click on Microsoft Office and choose Change.
5. Choose Yes if there’s a User Account Control window appears.
6. Check Quick Repair under How would you like to repair your Office programs.
7. Click on the Repair button at the bottom and click Repair again in the confirmation window.
8. Wait for the process to complete.

Can't Save Microsoft Excel File Format

Fix 5: remove the Add-ins.

1. Open the problematic program.
2. Go to File > Options.
3. Select Add-ins from the left-hand side of Word Options.
4. Select Word Add-ins after Manage from the right panel and click Go.
5. Uncheck all the options related to Add-in and click OK.
6. Repeat step 2.
7. Select COM Add-ins from the dropdown list of Manage and click Go.
8. Repeat step 5.
9. Close the program and open the Word file which triggered the previously.
10. If the error doesn't appear, please check the options you unchecked in step 5 and step 8.

Once you can confirm which Add-in causes the error, you should select it in the Add-in menu and click Remove.

Other fixes:

• Turn off the Automatic Spelling Checking and Grammar Check.
• Reset the Registry Entries of Word.
• Run Microsoft Fix-It or Troubleshooting.
• Create SaveZoneInformation policy in Registry Editor.

There Is Insufficient Memory Excel

1. Fix 1: select cells gradually.
2. Fix 2: update drivers & disable hardware graphics acceleration.
3. Fix 3: divide an Excel file into different workbooks.
4. Fix 4: set to manage paging file size automatically.

Fix 1: select cells gradually.

• Please do the same for the following section of cells when you choose only part of the entire range you need to be filled.
• To make sure you won’t reach the limit, please select the last row of the previously filled section when you move on to the latter segments (the second, third, etc.).
• Just repeat this process to reach the end of the selection needed.

Fix 2.

Step 1: update drivers.

1. Open Microsoft Excel.
2. Select File, Account, and Office Update one after another.
3. Click Update Now.
4. Wait for it to complete.

Step 2: disable hardware graphics acceleration.

1. Click File, Options, and Advanced.
2. Look for Display area from the right panel.
3. Uncheck Disable hardware graphics acceleration.
4. Click OK.

Fix 3: divide an Excel file into different workbooks.

It’s a good choice to separate your big Excel files into a few workbooks and then open them in different instances of Excel. This reduces the possibility of getting the error caused by reaching the 2GB limitation for a single workbook.

Fix 4: set to manage paging file size automatically.

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Select System and Security.
3. Click System.
4. Select Advanced system settings from the left sidebar.
5. Keep Advanced tab selected. Click Settings under the Performance area.
6. Shift to Advanced tab.
7. Click Change… under the Virtual memory area.
8. Check Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.
9. Click on the OK button in all Windows to confirm changes.

Conclusion

Undoubtedly, There is not enough memory or disk space is a common error on Windows. You may probably run into it when opening Word/Excel or other Office programs. The error will also occur suddenly when you’re performing actions in the programs.

In the previous parts, I have covered the possible reasons for leading to the error. Then, I have provided several solutions for fixing it yourself. Please read the above content carefully to solve your problem.

There Is Not Enough Memory or Disk Space FAQ

• Open File Explorer and look at the Devices and drives section.
• Open Disk Management and look at the capacity & free space of each drive.
• Open Settings -> choose System -> go to Storage option -> look at the Storage layout.