Hello Bella, Some background info that I hope is helpful, re:templates...
If the last part of the file name provided by the university was .ott it is a template file, e.g. university.ott. If not .ott at end of the name it is not a template file. If it is a template file like university.ott...: * and university.ott is opened by double-click or File>Open... then the document name at the top of the OpenOffice window will be "Untitled 1". It will not be "university.ott" or "university" * when saving the file for the first time OpenOffice will prompt for a file name * all edits will be saved in the file, "file-name-you-make-up.ODT" * if "university.ott" template file is opened again none of the edits will be there because that is not the file the edits were saved in If for example you named the file "university" when saving, OpenOffice has given it the full name "university.ODT". To find the file containing your edits the file "university.ODT" must be opened. Since you saved your edits but they weren't there when the file was opened again I suspect you opened and edited a template file, .ott, then named and closed it per the prompts when done. Then when opening the file again the original "university.ott" file was opened and so no edits are found in the file. The "file-name-you-make-up.ODT", e.g. "university.ODT", is the file that must be opened to see your edits. If you're using Windows the file that was saved with all the edits is most likely to be found in your "My Documents" folder. On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Bella Dowthwaite <belladowthwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > G’day > > Thank you for all of the replies. I didn’t realise this was going to a > mailing list, I was just trying to contact the company itself for online > support. Apologies! > > I had saved it in .odt format, and it was a template (document) given by > my university for me to fill in. The same thing happened (column > disappearing) when I used it on other applications too. > > Anyway, I have typed up my answers in the disappearing column in a > seperate document now, without using the template. I think the document was > just uneditable in open office. > > Thank you again for the replies I appreciate it. > > Bella > > > On 5 Mar 2020, at 2:39 am, Alan B <abo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Is the template publicly available? If yes, please indicate where it can > be > > found so some testing can be done. > > > > Also, to help replicate your conditions when testing, what version of > > OpenOffice are you using and what kind of computer (Windows, include > > version, i.e. 7, 10, etc., Mac, something else?) > > > > Thank you. > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:18 AM Bella Dowthwaite < > belladowthwa...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am an Open Office user and am having a big issue with a document. > >> I downloaded a template for university studies, filled it in, and then > >> when I closed it and re-opened it (I had already saved it as is) a whole > >> column in the template had disappeared, full of my written work. > >> > >> I downloaded the template and filled in the column again on a new > >> document, but when I closed it again and reopened it the same thing has > >> happened. A whole column of writing had disappears and I cannot find it > >> anywhere. > >> > >> I have lost a lot of work and am very concerned. > >> > >> Please let me know how to resolve this. > >> > >> Call on 0434672500 if possible. > >> > >> Thank you kindly > >> > >> Bella Dowthwaite > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Alan Boba > > CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011
