Hello Forum,
I have been chugging along on a 300 page manuscript in Open Office. I
brought it into OO from an old (I mean old) version of word. All was
going well until a few minutes ago when OO seemed to be reading my
document very strangely. The header disappeared, the endnotes
First, save in native ODF (.odt).
Remember that the .doc import/export filters have been reverse engineered, you
may face some troubles by continuing using this format.
Always work in .odt and export in .doc when needed only. This way you keep a
secure copy of your document.
If your document
Abiword may help (not sure if there is a version for Mac).
Else, can you upload the file somewhere (not sure the list allows attachments)?
You can make a small file if you manage to keep that behavior. You can attach
files (128kB max) in the forum. Else, mediafire.com is a good one.
Hagar
Le
I've had a similar problem with OOo on the Mac. Got about 170 pages of a 200+
page report done, and the program wouldn't save the file. It started the
aberrant behavior you describe. I closed the file, and opened it in NeoOffice,
a dedicated Mac version of OOO. Worked fine. Find NeoOffice at
There's a lot of assumptions here, without seeing
the document nobody can fix it.
Opening a doc file in OpenOffice doesn't convert
the unstructured Microsoft Word file into a
structured OpenOffice file, which works best if
you work with Styles.
Unless you clean-up the document you will have
