word hates me?

[abc123]

i'm using word x to put the finishing touches on an assignment but it won't let me copy and paste anything.
why? "there is insufficient memory, save the document now." it is large for a word document, about 2MB but really?
i've restarted and closed everything but word but that didn't help at all.
the computer: rev c 12" powerbook
help?

 

[SuperChuck]

How much RAM do you have? How about available HD space?

 

[abc123]

512 MB ram, 33 gig available
there is no reason i can see that it should be messing me around like this, teaches me to leave things to the last minute...again.

 

[SuperChuck]

If you have the time, you could try uninstalling and reinstalling word. Could be a corrupt file somewhere.

If worst comes to worst, finish it in TextEdit.

 

[abc123]

looks like i found it after all.
i overlooked quicksilver before, cleared the clipboard and everything seems fine again.

thanks for your help anyway