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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by missy mendoza <bg...@hotmail.com> on 2014/08/14 15:23:41 UTC
My Open Office document's problems
Dear User Support
My Open Office document which I typed and saved, now opens with: the annoying ASCII Filter Options window; then, blank. What has caused this? When the ASCII Filter Options window opened, I clicked 'LF' paragraph break, character set 'Uni-code,' and 'OK.' Then, my document opened blank. What are the steps to fix and prevent this problem? What are the steps to remove and prevent filters being in my Open Office software and its' documents, and to get my saved document's text reappearing?
Missy Mendoza
Re: My Open Office document's problems
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:23:41 +0000
missy mendoza <bg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear User Support
> My Open Office document which I typed and saved, now opens with: the annoying ASCII Filter Options window; then, blank. What has caused this? When the ASCII Filter Options window opened, I clicked 'LF' paragraph break, character set 'Uni-code,' and 'OK.' Then, my document opened blank. What are the steps to fix and prevent this problem? What are the steps to remove and prevent filters being in my Open Office software and its' documents, and to get my saved document's text reappearing?
>
>
> Missy Mendoza
Your file is most likely damaged beyond repair. Such damage can be caused by over hasty shut down of the computer before the software and hardware write buffers have had time to flush.
Look in the Backup directory pointed to by OpenOffice (/Tools /Options /OpenOffice : Backup) and rename any .bak file to .ods and see if it contains any of your content.
Look also in the temporary directory pointed to by OpenOffice
(/Tools /Options /OpenOffice : Paths) and rename any files there to type .ods. See if they contain any of your content.
If using Windows run PhotoRec or Recuva (search for and download one of these) and see if it finds an erased temporary file. If using a Mac, search for an "undelete" utility. Sometimes the above methods work, but if no immediate success I'd start rewriting.
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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