Check the folder the file is in. Normally you will find the same file name with
a prefix of ~ added. the other file name is how Open office knows it was being
edited. You have 2 choices: 1) Open the file with the ~ prefix – this should
contain some of the changes made during the last edit
Soundaram,
I have forwarded your message to dev@ openoffice.apache.org where you may find
better responss.
The remedy is to find the lock file in the same folder as the document that was
open at the time of interruption. It will have a similar name to the one that
was open. Delete that
