Re: Corrupt ODT File Recovery
Hi John, I see a lot of topics in your email. So please forgive me if I hurry through them. I understand that you have troubles at the moment and maybe not the mind for all of this right now. a) Important: Please note you published your phone number on the internet. We do advise against it, please look take care on your privacy. This email is copied to various archives which are public reachable. This has been done now for 30 or so years. And you agreed to this by sending this to the email address of your choseing. b) About your main Issue recovering files: You have options at [1]. The tutorial describes what you can do on total loss. Which is far more then what you experience in my opionion. We try to improve the ressilliance in such cases. But there is not much that we can do when the system starts to stop. c) your options on Office tools for the future AOO is not a cloud tool, and thus is hardly comparable to O365 as it is offered today. The right match would be next Cloud or OwnCloud, with their Web implementation of LibreOffice(LO) / OneOffice /ColaboraOffice. You can buy services that are cheaper, or similar price then O365. Which brings me to AOO. AOO is currently developed on pro-bono model. The business people have forked into LibreOffice [3], they have more business support options, due to their stronger commercial footprint. (I am oversimplifying here, for the shake on the message.) You can try reach out to companies at [2] concerning AOO, to receive professional service. However this include likely involve cost. d) On your System Choice I want to give you a story of a Yoga teacher[4]. Maybe this is something for you to read. I wonder why your Operating system has been started to reboot, during your important work. This should not happen. Maybe you want to look into your setup in general. my general opinion: # If you need professional help, plan it up front and not when you are in an emergency. # Have a fail strategy ready. Not only this gives you faith, but it will help in emergency situations. # Dont fear to invest time into your IT. Build your own know How. You need less then you think, but the right one. All the Best Petko AOO Committer [1] https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71=85038 [2] https://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultants.html [3] https://www.libreoffice.org/ [4] https://opensource.com/article/21/11/linux-yoga Am 12.11.21 um 08:44 schrieb John Carll: Hello, This is to inform you that I have been using Open Office calc spread sheets for many years. Today while I was working on one of the ODT docs in Open Office calc, my computer was suddenly rebooted and I lost the important data from 10/14/2021 to 11/8/2021. I unable to see any recovery option on the tool itself. Also, I am unable to find any live support person who can help. I just need a way to recover the data entry files and cannot find a way to do so. PLEASE look into it, I really don't want to move to MS-Excel. I researched the Open Office community forum but cannot find a solution. Please contact me ASAP, these are the files I used to keep track of my drivers payroll and need to issue payroll checks tomorrow. Thank you, John Carll Silverstar Logistics, Inc.Direct: 909-938-9104Fax: 888-441-8001 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Corrupt ODT File Recovery
Hello, This is to inform you that I have been using Open Office calc spread sheets for many years. Today while I was working on one of the ODT docs in Open Office calc, my computer was suddenly rebooted and I lost the important data from 10/14/2021 to 11/8/2021. I unable to see any recovery option on the tool itself. Also, I am unable to find any live support person who can help. I just need a way to recover the data entry files and cannot find a way to do so. PLEASE look into it, I really don't want to move to MS-Excel. I researched the Open Office community forum but cannot find a solution. Please contact me ASAP, these are the files I used to keep track of my drivers payroll and need to issue payroll checks tomorrow. Thank you, John Carll Silverstar Logistics, Inc.Direct: 909-938-9104Fax: 888-441-8001
Re: ODT File
On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:05:07 -0400 Amanda Echevarria wrote: > Hi, > I'm unable to open one of my open document text files. A screen keeps > popping up that says: ASCII Filter Options and then it lists the > properties, such as character set, default fonts, language and paragraph > break. Once I click OK the file comes up and all of the words I had typed > are gone and the entire document and page is filled with # symbols. I am > not sure how this happened at all and I need help fixing it and getting > back everything I had written on that document. Please advise, I'd truly > appreciate it! > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely, > Amanda E. > > -- > Amanda Echevarria, LCSW > Therapist/ Counselor > Main St. Counseling Center > www.mainstcounseling.org > 973-736-2041 The file is damaged beyond repair, possibly due to disconnection from the remote location because of connection failure before the file was fully transmitted, or over hasty power off of your computer or closure of laptop lid, before the file housekeeping had been transmitted As soon as possible try the methods in this tutorial https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71=85038for detailed instructions on how to a) use Previous Versions (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 may recover your file as it was when you last opened or you last saved it. Waste no time with the existing file - it will have no usable content. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely > for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged > information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not > the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message > has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by > reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, > dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is > strictly prohibited. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
ODT File
Hi, I'm unable to open one of my open document text files. A screen keeps popping up that says: ASCII Filter Options and then it lists the properties, such as character set, default fonts, language and paragraph break. Once I click OK the file comes up and all of the words I had typed are gone and the entire document and page is filled with # symbols. I am not sure how this happened at all and I need help fixing it and getting back everything I had written on that document. Please advise, I'd truly appreciate it! Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Amanda E. -- Amanda Echevarria, LCSW Therapist/ Counselor Main St. Counseling Center www.mainstcounseling.org 973-736-2041 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited.
Re: PLEASE HELP WITH THIS-ODT FILE WAS ALTERED AND IS NOW CORRRUPTED
On 10/03/17 1:10 AM, Ash Ash wrote: If you remember nothing else from this guide, please make sure you remember this. Whenever you ask for technical support, make absolutely sure you state the following: 1) Which version of OpenOffice.org you are running. Open office 4.1.2 2) What your operating system is (for example, Windows XP). Windows XP 3) If there is an error, state clearly what it is and how we can reproduce it. When the documed was opened a message from ASCII filter popped up. After that the file was not readable. 4) Do not attach files to mail messages. We absolutely need you to include this information before we can help you From: Ash Ash Sent: 09 March 2017 13:55:59 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: PLEASE HELP WITH THIS-ODT FILE WAS ALTERED AND IS NOW CORRRUPTED Hi, This morning when I opened my odt file there was a message from ASCII Filter and I mistakenly clicked yes. It appears this had modified the actual text content or just changed the text style from english to some other style format. The file is now opens in square symbols and it is unintelligable to read. There is nothing in english. The whole file has been altered. This file is for work so it is very important the work is not list. The ASCII Filter can't interpret the character set used in the document, this is because your file is corrupt. Most likely this happens when your system is shut down before OpenOffice was able to write everything to disk. Keep in mind that OpenOffice compresses all files which takes some processing time. Am not sure if the contents have disappeared or just the english has changed to some other style format and so the work is retrievable. I need the restored version from yesterday 8/3/2017 around 5:09 pm which is the version it was before I opened the file this morning. Under Tools -> Options -> Load/Save -> General there is an option to create backup's Backups are stored in the directory set under Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice -> Paths Please can you have a look at the file and if you are able to restore please do so. The file is attached to this email. I very much appreciate your help in this matter. I have very little to no understanding of this type of stuff so have no idea what must be done. Thank you Naj - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: PLEASE HELP WITH THIS-ODT FILE WAS ALTERED AND IS NOW CORRRUPTED
If you remember nothing else from this guide, please make sure you remember this. Whenever you ask for technical support, make absolutely sure you state the following: 1) Which version of OpenOffice.org you are running. Open office 4.1.2 2) What your operating system is (for example, Windows XP). Windows XP 3) If there is an error, state clearly what it is and how we can reproduce it. When the documed was opened a message from ASCII filter popped up. After that the file was not readable. 4) Do not attach files to mail messages. We absolutely need you to include this information before we can help you From: Ash Ash Sent: 09 March 2017 13:55:59 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: PLEASE HELP WITH THIS-ODT FILE WAS ALTERED AND IS NOW CORRRUPTED Hi, This morning when I opened my odt file there was a message from ASCII Filter and I mistakenly clicked yes. It appears this had modified the actual text content or just changed the text style from english to some other style format. The file is now opens in square symbols and it is unintelligable to read. There is nothing in english. The whole file has been altered. This file is for work so it is very important the work is not list. Am not sure if the contents have disappeared or just the english has changed to some other style format and so the work is retrievable. I need the restored version from yesterday 8/3/2017 around 5:09 pm which is the version it was before I opened the file this morning. Please can you have a look at the file and if you are able to restore please do so. The file is attached to this email. I very much appreciate your help in this matter. I have very little to no understanding of this type of stuff so have no idea what must be done. Thank you Naj
PLEASE HELP WITH THIS-ODT FILE WAS ALTERED AND IS NOW CORRRUPTED
Hi, This morning when I opened my odt file there was a message from ASCII Filter and I mistakenly clicked yes. It appears this had modified the actual text content or just changed the text style from english to some other style format. The file is now opens in square symbols and it is unintelligable to read. There is nothing in english. The whole file has been altered. This file is for work so it is very important the work is not list. Am not sure if the contents have disappeared or just the english has changed to some other style format and so the work is retrievable. I need the restored version from yesterday 8/3/2017 around 5:09 pm which is the version it was before I opened the file this morning. Please can you have a look at the file and if you are able to restore please do so. The file is attached to this email. I very much appreciate your help in this matter. I have very little to no understanding of this type of stuff so have no idea what must be done. Thank you Naj Best 100 Companies, 2004.odt Description: Best 100 Companies, 2004.odt - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
You're using Thunderbird 31 and in this version the filters can't spot the 2nd delivered to field. This was discussed several months ago. You need to upgrade to a later version. Mine work fine (34). Hagar Le 18/02/2015 23:12, Martin Groenescheij a écrit : Hi Hagar, You're correct. I use a filter to mark all emails Delivered-To: moderator This one was not marked (no idea why not), I should have checked before I replied. Sorry, I will check next time. Martin On 19-Feb-15 07:47, Hagar Delest wrote: Le 18/02/2015 01:06, Martin Groenescheij a écrit : On 18-Feb-15 09:47, Hagar Delest wrote: Top posting. For the record, OP is not subscribed so he has missed almost all the replies. For the record, OP was subscribed at the moment he raised the question. Hmm, how do you see that? I checked his first message and there is: Delivered-To: mailing list users@openoffice.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.apache.org Same for his second post BTW. So I still think that he's still not subscribed. Hagar - 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: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
Le 18/02/2015 01:06, Martin Groenescheij a écrit : On 18-Feb-15 09:47, Hagar Delest wrote: Top posting. For the record, OP is not subscribed so he has missed almost all the replies. For the record, OP was subscribed at the moment he raised the question. Hmm, how do you see that? I checked his first message and there is: Delivered-To: mailing list users@openoffice.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.apache.org Same for his second post BTW. So I still think that he's still not subscribed. Hagar - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
Hi Hagar, You're correct. I use a filter to mark all emails Delivered-To: moderator This one was not marked (no idea why not), I should have checked before I replied. Sorry, I will check next time. Martin On 19-Feb-15 07:47, Hagar Delest wrote: Le 18/02/2015 01:06, Martin Groenescheij a écrit : On 18-Feb-15 09:47, Hagar Delest wrote: Top posting. For the record, OP is not subscribed so he has missed almost all the replies. For the record, OP was subscribed at the moment he raised the question. Hmm, how do you see that? I checked his first message and there is: Delivered-To: mailing list users@openoffice.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.apache.org Same for his second post BTW. So I still think that he's still not subscribed. Hagar - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17/02/15 16:19, tom cuypers wrote: I've received some other answers that convince me my specific problem is unsolvable so it's no use answering your questions. I trust that you understand that you _FAILED_ to provide enough data for anybody to even begin to look for a solution to your alleged problem. I deliberately use the word alleged, because everything you provided points to PEBKAC. Start with your complete failure to describe your specific problem, and end up with your refusal to answer basic diagnostic questions. jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJU5S05AAoJEKG7hs8nSMR7cqUP/2yunQzix8Qd/RkW0/AUb+N1 KBkFvvqOh87ob95uyJB+AVJB6ymVlHf9iyAYMFy+ouGyEHaF9QQClxrxNEnOIjt+ 9B6TvspojsEIVwtvb5eU+qCqI4QhnksYQ79Vci09U18VX043biGcoyGKvRpWyNQb L+7KEjBrwggx46UzcCPvEy1fda7R+MsDBBqMKpDSpd890hJwJ6t5PSfHZmF29IOq z8ieq16IAiRTu9bEUFOdIlpK0vmqDJaFH8tsZ5LpLV6JyTSFzqd1biFciC7NwzYl 19C8gJKgQes0dDVs0TksJfFXC6ncL49Y+mMbj7Sx+ggOhruhUAXCvvkQJ1UBQ5lh 5d2G4fDCySPAFpQAdVAo3Q9B9whcpXRxCNatCDEC/qzKmh6wtknhA4qavOfW1Npk MFcmeWnBlGGYc82DjPvqIBZyVHgd8aaF/AUMcfqBTavQiHg5tOuyO5Ee69BMJCeU 5R5W19U1LEifJ9XhAAbN4fSjz0tq54U4P/BwX0I0PtuVIJf/RyenyW+tLs+NDuKU g3AfT4kJWC7Bd6eQq0RESba3mE3oBdvtfQ5wM3Ai0nOxROZ0LJtxmcHGt+XJFXXh njKVoajMs/nZSOtDk54SQkIOtRlLFJmh1RrymNVK/i5ok9SvNf5EjxUXBIhaRqFw vllAb8pMkbDd7n0viHy5 =czh2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
On 18-Feb-15 13:24, Julian Thomas wrote: On Feb 17, 2015, at 11:19, tom cuypers tomcu...@hotmail.com wrote: I've received some other answers that convince me my specific problem is unsolvable so it's no use answering your questions. Have you tried: Saving as a csv file Using a good text editor on that file to fix the issues to create a new csv file? reloading it? That's rely smart, saving a series of pound signs as comma separated pound signs. This will translate ££ in £,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£,£ But now I'm lost. What should I do with the text editor? — jt - j...@jt-mj.net Changing operating systems is not as simple as changing underwear. - 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: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
On 18-Feb-15 03:19, tom cuypers wrote: Dennis, I've received some other answers that convince me my specific problem is unsolvable so it's no use answering your questions. Even if the problem is unsolvable (in your case), it is preventable by setting the options for AutoRecovery interval and backup. Tom From: dennis.hamil...@acm.org To: users@openoffice.apache.org CC: tomcu...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:37:07 -0800 Tom, I am very sorry that you have had a serious difficulty. Unfortunately, there is not enough information to determine what this well-known problem is. Your case could easily be different than others that are reported. It is always wise to keep intermediate backups and you can make that automatic in the Tools | Options menu. That's for the future. It does not help with your immediate loss of a document. What do you mean that the document disappeared? Did it disappear or is it there but appears to be corrupted and opens in a strange way? Also, please let us know which version of Apache OpenOffice you were running, and on what operating system. And what was the name of the file? - Dennis PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions others have found. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. -Original Message- From: tom cuypers [mailto:tomcu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 12:48 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
Top posting. For the record, OP is not subscribed so he has missed almost all the replies. He has one point however, this is a longstanding problem that tells that the saving process is not safe enough, see this long list: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6t=17677#p81363 I had already raised this issue in the past on the dev ML (Dec. 2013) but nothing was done I guess. Hagar Le 14/02/2015 21:47, tom cuypers a écrit : Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
On Feb 17, 2015, at 11:19, tom cuypers tomcu...@hotmail.com wrote: I've received some other answers that convince me my specific problem is unsolvable so it's no use answering your questions. Have you tried: Saving as a csv file Using a good text editor on that file to fix the issues to create a new csv file? reloading it? — jt - j...@jt-mj.net Changing operating systems is not as simple as changing underwear. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
On 18-Feb-15 09:47, Hagar Delest wrote: Top posting. For the record, OP is not subscribed so he has missed almost all the replies. For the record, OP was subscribed at the moment he raised the question. He has one point however, this is a longstanding problem that tells that the saving process is not safe enough, see this long list: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6t=17677#p81363 I had already raised this issue in the past on the dev ML (Dec. 2013) but nothing was done I guess. Hagar Le 14/02/2015 21:47, tom cuypers a écrit : Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers - 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: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
Hello Mr Cuypers You must be carefull to blame OO. Because I had a similar problem once, and I was convinced that I did everythin good. But it turned out that I saved a file without an extention! And then ofcourse one can not find this file anywhere again. So please, look carefully! Kind regards Josiane Claesen Op Sat, 14 Feb 2015 21:47:44 +0100 schreef tom cuypers tomcu...@hotmail.com: Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
Please reffer to my blog guide on securing your files with AOO: http://alexandrocolorado.com/2015/02/01/how-to-never-loose-work-in-apache-openoffice/ On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 3:47 PM, tom cuypers tomcu...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
2015-02-14 21:47 GMT+01:00 tom cuypers tomcu...@hotmail.com: Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. I can't understand how anyone can work for weeks on a document without taking one single backup (which seems to be the case in this case, since you simply just didn't recover your file to solve your problem). Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. Sometimes they are unfixable, sometimes they can be fixed. Depends on what happened to the file. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? It shouldn't. Since you provided us with no details whatsoever about this case, I can't help you find it, however. I have thought many times myself that a file disappeared, but usually the problem is me, somehow. By the way, why are you screaming? Do you think we are too far away? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. You do whatever you want. I'm not sure why you even mentioned it. We, who read this, are just Apache OpenOffice users like yourself, who try to help each other. And sometimes we start wars some tiny war about what's better than what… but hopefully not this time… I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. That sounds cool! Where do you buy those, these days? Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ Regards Tom Cuypers
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
At 19:18 15/02/2015 +0100, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I can't understand how anyone can work for weeks on a document without taking one single backup ... Then you don't understand how half the world works! Perhaps those who understand little about computers also understand little about their imperfection. But your implied criticism is entirely justified, of course. That sounds cool! Where do you buy [typewriters], these days? Oh, second-hand models are plentiful! (I recently cleaned up my trusty 1960s portable and Freecycled it.) Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
How does a file disappear? That is an easy one. If you always save the file to the same file name, and something then happens to that one file, then there are no other copies. I have seen this as follows: Click on Save, and something goes wrong while saving, which corrupts the file (say it crashing mid-write). -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
I save my document files using save as on the drop down menu and adding the current date at the end of the file name whenever I open and amend a document. It is then easy to go back to any the earlier versions. There are more sophisticated methods but this is simple and relatively idiot proof. ATB Lucetta On Feb 15, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org wrote: How does a file disappear? That is an easy one. If you always save the file to the same file name, and something then happens to that one file, then there are no other copies. I have seen this as follows: Click on Save, and something goes wrong while saving, which corrupts the file (say it crashing mid-write). -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php - 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: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
On 02/15/2015 02:25 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 19:18 15/02/2015 +0100, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I can't understand how anyone can work for weeks on a document without taking one single backup ... Then you don't understand how half the world works! Perhaps those who understand little about computers also understand little about their imperfection. But your implied criticism is entirely justified, of course. That sounds cool! Where do you buy [typewriters], these days? Oh, second-hand models are plentiful! (I recently cleaned up my trusty 1960s portable and Freecycled it.) Brian Barker Much to my surprise, there is a working typewriter behind the desk at my public library! --doug - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
On 02/14/2015 03:47 PM, tom cuypers wrote: Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers I haven't lost anything with SoftMakerOffice Textmaker. I have the version that I paid for; there is a freebie which I'm told is missing some useful stuff. I gave up on the OO and LO programs when LO, at least, started to think it was a desktop publisher. All I need is a simple word processor, how about you? (SoftMaker comes with a spreadsheet program and a slide maker also.) --doug - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers
RE: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
Tom, I am very sorry that you have had a serious difficulty. Unfortunately, there is not enough information to determine what this well-known problem is. Your case could easily be different than others that are reported. It is always wise to keep intermediate backups and you can make that automatic in the Tools | Options menu. That's for the future. It does not help with your immediate loss of a document. What do you mean that the document disappeared? Did it disappear or is it there but appears to be corrupted and opens in a strange way? Also, please let us know which version of Apache OpenOffice you were running, and on what operating system. And what was the name of the file? - Dennis PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions others have found. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. -Original Message- From: tom cuypers [mailto:tomcu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 12:48 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds Dear Sir, how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions, but none will fix the problem. Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting them work for weeks on documents. Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable. BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR? I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed. I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less time. Regards Tom Cuypers - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
