Re: Lost file
On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:14:08 + (UTC) Karl Krell wrote: > I closed computer with an excel file open.Now when I try to open the file it > has a unicode box and all the info is gone.How do I resolve this?Thank you > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android As soon as possible, use the methods set out below to try to recover it. You may be able to recover a previous version of the file - see https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71=85038 for detailed instructions on how to a) use [b][i]Previous Versions[/i][/b] (W7 and later) to recover previous versions of the file ; b) recover your file as it was when you last opened or saved it, or as it was when it was last saved with AutoRecovery; c) find previous versions of the file in the folder it is located in, but which have since been deleted; d) un-delete the temporary files AOO wrote while you were editing the file, and then deleted. This will recover your file as it was when you last opened or you last saved it. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Lost file
I closed computer with an excel file open.Now when I try to open the file it has a unicode box and all the info is gone.How do I resolve this?Thank you Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
Re: Lost File
On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:43:18 -0400 Lucetta wrote: > Another low tec suggestion for the future. > > When I open a data file, any data file, I save as with the same name but the > current date in my Documemts folder. It’s is just another process but manual > & glitch proof. It has come in handy several times. > > Also low tec and not sure if it will answer you question. You can go to your > older version highlight everything then control c, go to a new spreadsheet, > click on top left cell and control v to paste your old copied data into your > new blank spreadsheet. Then check to see if the formulas are still intact. If > not manually insert them into a new inserted column or row as necessary. > > Good luck! > Lucetta > There is an extension to do this, at https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/timestamp-backup which runs on OpenOffice. This gives a toolbar button to make a timed/dated backup of the current file. Note that it does not replace /File /Save, but if one was familiar with toolbar editing, it could be made do so. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost File
Another low tec suggestion for the future. When I open a data file, any data file, I save as with the same name but the current date in my Documemts folder. It’s is just another process but manual & glitch proof. It has come in handy several times. Also low tec and not sure if it will answer you question. You can go to your older version highlight everything then control c, go to a new spreadsheet, click on top left cell and control v to paste your old copied data into your new blank spreadsheet. Then check to see if the formulas are still intact. If not manually insert them into a new inserted column or row as necessary. Good luck! Lucetta > On Aug 25, 2019, at 7:58 PM, Steven Ahlers > wrote: > > JW, > > In windows you can backtrack on your timeline to an older backup to restore > all files. Or you could go directly to your backups and restore that file. > > Please respond to: > users@openoffice.apache.org > so that ALL users can assist you. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 25, 2019, at 3:36 PM, abbydakotag...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Thank you Steve. >> >> I was able to open the file by right clicking on Open Office Calc by >> choosing “Open With”. >> >> The file opened, but all the data is gone. Is there a way to pull the data >> from an older saved date and populate the spreadsheet with it? Could it be >> in the Cloud? >> >> JW >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: >>> >>> JW, >>> >>> Right click on the file, chose “Open With...”, chose “OpenOffice Calc” (you >>> may have to search in “More apps ⬇️”), chose “OK” it should open in Calc. >>> You can tick the “Always use this app to open [extension] files” box if you >>> only want this file type to open in Calc. >>> >>> You can also accomplish this by right clicking on the file, chose >>> “Properties” click on “Change” and chose “OpenOffice Calc” as above. >>> >>> Please respond to: >>> users@openoffice.apache.org >>> to let us know if you were successful or not. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 3:58 PM, JW wrote: I’ve been using Open Office for quite awhile and it seemed to be working well. A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn’t open, my computer kept trying to open it in Excel. Tried again today, same thing, so I reinstalled Open Office. I am still unable to open this file. However, I am able to open an older file. Question: Is there a a way to retrieve the file I’m trying to open from a previous save? Or am I out of luck and it is gone forever? Thank you in advance for the assist. JW Sent from Mail for Windows 10 --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com >>> > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost File
JW, In windows you can backtrack on your timeline to an older backup to restore all files. Or you could go directly to your backups and restore that file. Please respond to: users@openoffice.apache.org so that ALL users can assist you. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 25, 2019, at 3:36 PM, abbydakotag...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thank you Steve. > > I was able to open the file by right clicking on Open Office Calc by choosing > “Open With”. > > The file opened, but all the data is gone. Is there a way to pull the data > from an older saved date and populate the spreadsheet with it? Could it be > in the Cloud? > > JW > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 23, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: >> >> JW, >> >> Right click on the file, chose “Open With...”, chose “OpenOffice Calc” (you >> may have to search in “More apps ⬇️”), chose “OK” it should open in Calc. >> You can tick the “Always use this app to open [extension] files” box if you >> only want this file type to open in Calc. >> >> You can also accomplish this by right clicking on the file, chose >> “Properties” click on “Change” and chose “OpenOffice Calc” as above. >> >> Please respond to: >> users@openoffice.apache.org >> to let us know if you were successful or not. >> >> Steve >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 3:58 PM, JW wrote: >>> >>> I’ve been using Open Office for quite awhile and it seemed to be working >>> well. >>> >>> A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn’t >>> open, my computer kept trying to open it in Excel. Tried again today, same >>> thing, so I reinstalled Open Office. >>> >>> I am still unable to open this file. However, I am able to open an older >>> file. >>> >>> Question: Is there a a way to retrieve the file I’m trying to open from a >>> previous save? Or am I out of luck and it is gone forever? >>> >>> Thank you in advance for the assist. >>> >>> JW >>> >>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> https://www.avg.com >>> >> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost File
Forwarding to users group Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 25, 2019, at 3:36 PM, abbydakotag...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thank you Steve. > > I was able to open the file by right clicking on Open Office Calc by choosing > “Open With”. > > The file opened, but all the data is gone. Is there a way to pull the data > from an older saved date and populate the spreadsheet with it? Could it be > in the Cloud? > > JW > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 23, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: >> >> JW, >> >> Right click on the file, chose “Open With...”, chose “OpenOffice Calc” (you >> may have to search in “More apps ⬇️”), chose “OK” it should open in Calc. >> You can tick the “Always use this app to open [extension] files” box if you >> only want this file type to open in Calc. >> >> You can also accomplish this by right clicking on the file, chose >> “Properties” click on “Change” and chose “OpenOffice Calc” as above. >> >> Please respond to: >> users@openoffice.apache.org >> to let us know if you were successful or not. >> >> Steve >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 3:58 PM, JW wrote: >>> >>> I’ve been using Open Office for quite awhile and it seemed to be working >>> well. >>> >>> A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn’t >>> open, my computer kept trying to open it in Excel. Tried again today, same >>> thing, so I reinstalled Open Office. >>> >>> I am still unable to open this file. However, I am able to open an older >>> file. >>> >>> Question: Is there a a way to retrieve the file I’m trying to open from a >>> previous save? Or am I out of luck and it is gone forever? >>> >>> Thank you in advance for the assist. >>> >>> JW >>> >>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> https://www.avg.com >>> >> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost File
JW, Right click on the file, chose “Open With...”, chose “OpenOffice Calc” (you may have to search in “More apps ⬇️”), chose “OK” it should open in Calc. You can tick the “Always use this app to open [extension] files” box if you only want this file type to open in Calc. You can also accomplish this by right clicking on the file, chose “Properties” click on “Change” and chose “OpenOffice Calc” as above. Please respond to: users@openoffice.apache.org to let us know if you were successful or not. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 23, 2019, at 3:58 PM, JW wrote: > > I’ve been using Open Office for quite awhile and it seemed to be working > well. > > A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn’t open, > my computer kept trying to open it in Excel. Tried again today, same thing, > so I reinstalled Open Office. > > I am still unable to open this file. However, I am able to open an older > file. > > Question: Is there a a way to retrieve the file I’m trying to open from a > previous save? Or am I out of luck and it is gone forever? > > Thank you in advance for the assist. > > JW > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost File
At 15:58 23/08/2019 -0500, Jonly Wonly wrote: I've been using Open Office for quite a while and it seemed to be working well. A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn't open, my computer kept trying to open it in Excel. Your operating system keeps "associations" by which it remembers which application it thinks you want it to use by default for files of certain types when you double-click these outside any application. You have kept your operating system a secret, but you appear to be using Windows 10. Microsoft's updates have sometimes been known to modify these associations to point some file types back to Microsoft Office products instead of what you are used to. You may have a trial version of Microsoft Office (including Excel) installed - or vestiges of it - that came with your system when supplied. You can very easily open a document file in any application you choose that is capable of handling it. If you wish to open your existing document in OpenOffice, first start OpenOffice - using a desktop icon you may have or certainly the programs list obtainable from the Start button (bottom left corner of screen). From *within* OpenOffice, use File | Open... to browse to and open your document file. If this doesn't work, your document file is corrupted. Tried again today, same thing, so I reinstalled Open Office. Since your problem is with your operating system attempting to use an inappropriate application, the problem cannot be with OpenOffice. So no need for or purpose in reinstallation. I am still unable to open this file. Try from within OpenOffice, as explained above. Question: Is there a way to retrieve the file I'm trying to open from a previous save? Go back to your most recent back-up copy of your document and continue working from there. Because problems can happen at any time, you need to keep regular, reliable back-up copies of all your files on some external device - perhaps a flash drive or an external drive or somewhere in the cloud. Put simply, any document of which you have only one copy you don't really have at all. You may want to keep hard-copy back-ups too, so that any document could be reconstructed if absolutely necessary. But try this: o In OpenOffice, go to Tools | Options... | OpenOffice | Paths. o Make a note of the path shown for Backups. o Outside OpenOffice - using your operating system's facilities (File Explorer in Windows 10) - navigate to that folder. o Is there a file with the same name as your document file but with the .bak extension? o If so, *make a copy of this in one of your own folders*, rename the copy to change its extension to the original (.ods?), and open this file in OpenOffice. Continue working from there. If there is no back-up file present, it may be that you do not have this option selected. Go to Tools | Options... | Load/Save | General | Save, and tick "Always create a backup copy". That will be no help for the present problem, of course, but might help in the future. If I'm right and your problem is with changed associations, you can reset them easily: Either: o Right-click a file of the relevant type and choose Open with >. o Select OpenOffice (or browse to it if necessary). o Before clicking OK, tick the "Always use this app ..." box. Or: o Go to Start | Settings | Apps | Default apps | Choose default apps by file type. o Select your preferred application for each relevant file type - identified by its file name extension. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Lost File
On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, JW wrote: > I’ve been using Open Office for quite awhile and it seemed to be working well. > > A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn’t open, > my computer kept trying to open it in Excel. Tried again today, same thing, > so I reinstalled Open Office. > > I am still unable to open this file. However, I am able to open an older > file. > > Question: Is there a a way to retrieve the file I’m trying to open from a > previous save? Or am I out of luck and it is gone forever? Have you tried right-clicking on the file? When you do that, does a menu pop up which includes 'Open with'? If you click on that you should be able to select OpenOffice as the application to open your file with. You should also be able to check a box so that OpenOffice is used by default to open your file in the future. - Robert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Lost File
I’ve been using Open Office for quite awhile and it seemed to be working well. A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn’t open, my computer kept trying to open it in Excel. Tried again today, same thing, so I reinstalled Open Office. I am still unable to open this file. However, I am able to open an older file. Question: Is there a a way to retrieve the file I’m trying to open from a previous save? Or am I out of luck and it is gone forever? Thank you in advance for the assist. JW Sent from Mail for Windows 10 --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com
Re: Fwd: lost file
On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:52:34 -0400 John Connor Agatha johnconnor.aga...@gmail.com wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: John Connor Agatha johnconnor.aga...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:37 AM Subject: lost file To: us...@open.office.apache.org Hello, one week ago I was writingn in openoffice text a document for a gmail. I didn't saved neither gave name to the file before coping it and try to paste to gmail, when in stead of that document another text in the portfolio was pasted. I went back to the document, and instead of the original text there was another txte, I don't remember exctlly how, but I left the software and the original text was lost. As I was about 7 hours writing that e-mail (text), it's for konwing if openoffice made any copi of it and where that or those copies can be stored. Thanks a lot John There may be a backup file in the directory pointed to be /Tools /Options /OpenOffice /Paths :Backup or a temporary working file with an arbitrary name, something like afdgt.fgt in /Tools /Options /OpenOffice /Paths :Temporary files Rename either of these to type ,odt and see if they contain your data. If they do not exist, I fear there will be nothing. In future, immediately you commence a file, even if blank or almost blank, you ought save it with a meaningful name. Anytime you pause or walk away from the computer, press Cntrl S to Save the file. -- Rory O'Farrell ofarr...@iol.ie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Fwd: lost file
-- Forwarded message -- From: John Connor Agatha johnconnor.aga...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:37 AM Subject: lost file To: us...@open.office.apache.org Hello, one week ago I was writingn in openoffice text a document for a gmail. I didn't saved neither gave name to the file before coping it and try to paste to gmail, when in stead of that document another text in the portfolio was pasted. I went back to the document, and instead of the original text there was another txte, I don't remember exctlly how, but I left the software and the original text was lost. As I was about 7 hours writing that e-mail (text), it's for konwing if openoffice made any copi of it and where that or those copies can be stored. Thanks a lot John
