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Saving open office &/ or docs to USB flash drive
Hello,
I've searched your forums but couldn't find what I was looking for. Please help. My new HP notebook (2 mos old) running Windows 10 needs to have Windows reinstalled. I tried to save my documents to my flash drive but could not.
Please advise me on how or what to do not to lose these documents before I reinstall Windows 10. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
M -E Wong
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Re: Saving open office &/ or docs to USB flash drive
Posted by Allen Schaaf <ne...@sound-by-design.com>.
In addition to the instructions below, be sure to search for
*.odt, *.ott, *.ods, *.odt *.odp, *.otp, * from C:\ to find all
the possible places where documents might lurk. These are the
most common extensions. There are others for OO that you might
have used. If you have files from others that were created in
other programs be sure to search for those files. Word -
*.doc(x), *.xls(x), etc.
The (*) is important as it is a "wild card" so you can be sure to
find all the possible files. Starting in the root, C:\, is
important so you will search the whole hard disk. If you have
another drive installed, be sure to search that as well.
When you find the files you can select all of them from the
resultant display with CTRL A, then copy them with CTRL C and
paste them into your destination of choice with CTRL V. (CTRL is
the control key in Windows)
Good Luck,
Allen
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On 10/20/2015 3:19 PM, Alan B wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Martin Groenescheij <
> Martin@groenescheij.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 21-Oct-15 02:31, Marie wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for your speedy reply. HP told me that everything will be
>>> removed from my computer & it'll be as if I just purchased it & I'd have to
>>> reinstall any software I had before.
>>>
>>> So if I understand you correctly, any documents that I've created in OO
>>> should be stored in the Notebooks HD - And all I have to do is back up
>>> the entire Open Office. Correct? I found it in my computer.
>>>
> Marie, not certain if you have the information you need.
> - "...back up the entire Open Office...I found it on my computer"
>
> I'm not certain from your description what you've found. If you've found
> the location the OpenOffice program has been installed that *is not* what
> you need to back up!!
>
> The letters, spreadsheets, and presentations (the documents) you created
> with the OpenOffice program are what you need to back up.
>
> If you have not changed the default (the preset) location documents are
> saved then all your documents will be in your "My Documents" folder.
>
> If you are uncertain the specific location of your documents do the
> following...
> 1. Open one of your documents
> 2. From the menu select File then Properties
> 3. On the window that opens look for Location and note the location.
> 3.1. Location will most likely be in the form C:\Users\Marie\Documents...
>
> Once you've identified the location
> 1. Click the Windows Start menu
> 2. Click My Computer
> If the location is similar to 3.1 above
> 3. Click My Documents in the left side of the My Computer window
> 4. Copy all the files in the My Documents folder to a thumb drive or other
> location
>
> If you're uncertain about any of this please seek help. It is not
> OpenOffice that needs to be backed up. It is the files that have been
> created with it that you need to save.
>
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Re: Saving open office &/ or docs to USB flash drive
Posted by Alan B <ab...@gmail.com>.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Martin Groenescheij <
Martin@groenescheij.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 21-Oct-15 02:31, Marie wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your speedy reply. HP told me that everything will be
>> removed from my computer & it'll be as if I just purchased it & I'd have to
>> reinstall any software I had before.
>>
>> So if I understand you correctly, any documents that I've created in OO
>> should be stored in the Notebooks HD - And all I have to do is back up
>> the entire Open Office. Correct? I found it in my computer.
>>
>
Marie, not certain if you have the information you need.
- "...back up the entire Open Office...I found it on my computer"
I'm not certain from your description what you've found. If you've found
the location the OpenOffice program has been installed that *is not* what
you need to back up!!
The letters, spreadsheets, and presentations (the documents) you created
with the OpenOffice program are what you need to back up.
If you have not changed the default (the preset) location documents are
saved then all your documents will be in your "My Documents" folder.
If you are uncertain the specific location of your documents do the
following...
1. Open one of your documents
2. From the menu select File then Properties
3. On the window that opens look for Location and note the location.
3.1. Location will most likely be in the form C:\Users\Marie\Documents...
Once you've identified the location
1. Click the Windows Start menu
2. Click My Computer
If the location is similar to 3.1 above
3. Click My Documents in the left side of the My Computer window
4. Copy all the files in the My Documents folder to a thumb drive or other
location
If you're uncertain about any of this please seek help. It is not
OpenOffice that needs to be backed up. It is the files that have been
created with it that you need to save.
Re: Saving open office &/ or docs to USB flash drive
Posted by Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM>.
On 21-Oct-15 02:31, Marie wrote:
> Thank you for your speedy reply. HP told me that everything will be removed from my computer & it'll be as if I just purchased it & I'd have to reinstall any software I had before.
>
> So if I understand you correctly, any documents that I've created in OO should be stored in the Notebooks HD - And all I have to do is back up the entire Open Office. Correct? I found it in my computer.
Sorry, but I haven't given any advice at all.
You asked for:"advise on how or what to do not to lose these documents
before I reinstall Windows 10"
I only asked you: "what has this to do with OpenOffice?".
> And there shouldn't be reinstalling OO?
Everything on your notebook will be whipped of your Notebooks HD, so
also OpenOffice.
So make sure you back-up the complete HD and ask someone with some more
computer knowledge
to assist you with the back-up and restore.
If you have bought software that has a licence key, make sure you know
the key as you need them
when you reinstall the software.
> Your help is very much appreciated!
> M-E Wong
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:40 AM, Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 20-Oct-15 03:25, Marie wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've searched your forums but couldn't find what I was looking for. Please help. My new HP notebook (2 mos old) running Windows 10 needs to have Windows reinstalled. I tried to save my documents to my flash drive but could not.
>> What has this with OpenOffice to do?
>>
>>> Please advise me on how or what to do not to lose these documents before I reinstall Windows 10. Your help is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> M -E Wong
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
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Re: Saving open office &/ or docs to USB flash drive
Posted by Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM>.
On 20-Oct-15 03:25, Marie wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've searched your forums but couldn't find what I was looking for. Please help. My new HP notebook (2 mos old) running Windows 10 needs to have Windows reinstalled. I tried to save my documents to my flash drive but could not.
What has this with OpenOffice to do?
>
> Please advise me on how or what to do not to lose these documents before I reinstall Windows 10. Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> M -E Wong
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
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