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need older version

Hi!  I have some documents made in an older version of Open Office (they’re dated in 2004) and though I searched online, I can’t figure out to download a version that will open them.  I currently run Open Office 4.1.1 and don’t want to overwrite it.

Thanks!

Diana
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Re: need older version

Posted by toki <to...@gmail.com>.
On 03/09/2018 12:44 AM, Diana Ashley PhD wrote:
> I currently run Open Office 4.1.1 and don’t want to overwrite it.

Copy the files to a different directory before opening them.

The current version of AOo should open them correctly.

jonathon

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Re: need older version

Posted by zahra a <na...@gmail.com>.
hi.
did you try libreoffice to see does it can open your files or not?

On 3/9/18, Graham Lauder <yo...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Friday, 9 March 2018 1:44:05 PM NZDT Diana Ashley PhD wrote:
>> Hi!  I have some documents made in an older version of Open Office
>> (they’re
>> dated in 2004) and though I searched online, I can’t figure out to
>> download
>> a version that will open them.  I currently run Open Office 4.1.1 and
>> don’t
>> want to overwrite it.
>
> Hi Diana,
>
> What is the file extension on the file:  .sxw or .oot.  2004 would put it
> around
> the period of the shift from the 1.1.x series to 2.0.  The file format
> changed
> to open document but in the interim the Betas  (1.9 series) had another file
>
> format that disappeared.
>
> Cheers
> GL
>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Diana
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Re: need older version

Posted by Graham Lauder <yo...@apache.org>.
On Friday, 9 March 2018 1:44:05 PM NZDT Diana Ashley PhD wrote:
> Hi!  I have some documents made in an older version of Open Office (they’re
> dated in 2004) and though I searched online, I can’t figure out to download
> a version that will open them.  I currently run Open Office 4.1.1 and don’t
> want to overwrite it.

Hi Diana,

What is the file extension on the file:  .sxw or .oot.  2004 would put it around 
the period of the shift from the 1.1.x series to 2.0.  The file format changed 
to open document but in the interim the Betas  (1.9 series) had another file 
format that disappeared.

Cheers
GL

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Diana
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Re: need older version

Posted by Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca>.
On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Diana Ashley PhD wrote:

> Hi!  I have some documents made in an older version of Open Office (they�re dated in 2004) and though I searched online, I can�t figure out to download a version that will open them.  I currently run Open Office 4.1.1 and don�t want to overwrite it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Diana

Are they .sxw files? I just successfully opened a .sxw file from 2004 
with Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0. There were some error messages about 
Basic and Java that I haven't looked into, but the document itself 
seems fine.

- Robert