On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 15:47:11 +0000 "Hines, Scott C" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I looked in the forum, but I did not find an answer for this issue: > > I typed a document, saved it and opened it several times in the past. > Recently I tried to open it again and this time all the text has been > replaced with "x". Please tell me how to recover the text in this document. > > Thank you, > > Scott Hines Your file has been corrupted, possibly because of a crash or over-hasty power down of your computer; outside of OpenOffice change the file type to .zip, then attempt to open it with the system file archiver. If it opens, your content will be in file content.xml, if that opens. In that case, (again outside of OpenOffice) look in the directories pointed to by the OpebnOffice settings /Tools /Options /OpenOffice /Paths - Backup and /Tools /Options /OpenOffice /Paths - Temp ; rename any files with arbitrary names and extensions to the file type you were using and see if they contain some or all of your data. Download and run one of Recuva or PhotoRec and see if this will recover any deleted temporary file containing sum or all of your data. Note that /Options is under Preferences on a Mac. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
