On Thursday 05 January 2006 05:54 am, Alex Gettinby wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am using open office spreadsheet. But on too many occasions in the last 6
> months, when I have saved my work, the file has become corrupt next time
> ive tried to open it. And I have lost lost a hell of a lot of work. I make
> back-up copies of the ODS. file but they become corrupt at the same time,
> then I have have to re-input all of the data again.
>
> Re-starting the PC doesnt help. I uninstalled the software and reinstalled
> it again V.1.9.79 This hasnt helped either. It doesnt happen everytime i
> use it. In the last few days it was competant enough to save and then
> re-open the following day. Last time a problem happened, All of the data
> must have been wiped off the file because usually it is around 1,900kb but
> then it suddenly diminished down to 2kb! and so did the copy I made the day
> before.
>
> This time though, It still says 1,900 kb of data is still there, but when i
> try to open the file in open office, the following error message appears:
>
> Read-Error
>
> Format error discovered in the file in sub-document $(ARG1) AT
> $(ARG2)(row,col).
>
> I have tried opening it up on another PC on the network, and it comes up
> with the same message.
>
> Please can you help, as I have a lot of work on it, and am not willing to
> re-input it again for the 4th time in 6 months, So fear that I may have to
> stop using Open Office.
>
> Please can you email me back at this address to suggest what can be done. I
> have just subscribed in the mailing list.
>
> many thanks.
>
> Alex
Paul sent you one way to retrieve your data.
I have a second suggestion. You are using a Beta version of
OpenOffice.org (OOo), and they usually contain some bugs. You may well have
found one. (I know that I had problems with the database in your version.) My
suggestion to you is that you get the 2.0.1 version of OOo. This should
correct the problem. If it does not, please reply back to this list:
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Dan
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