If you're using GNU/Linux you can try searching and deleting a hidden file, usually called "-lock name-of-file.odt". This is the file is telling to openoffice there's a corrupted file to recover.
Hope that helps Sylvia 2011/7/16, geoff Lander: > I am not able to concentrate on lenghty instructions for medical reasons. > Every time I open the program to maintain a document I get a recovery screen > on which I am unable to start recovery because the button isn't visible and > refuses be moved onto the screen. Openoffice is now unusable. I have > deleted the document converned and reloaded open office to no avail. > Openoffice has to be cancelled to continue with anything else. Can you > help? Link me to the answerl?p.I have tried your help pages but find them > huge and totally confusing. Mr Lander > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > For additional commands send email to [email protected] > with Subject: help > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
