On Tue February 7 2006 09:26, + sophy pereppadan wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Sir, > I have been a frequent user of the Open Office 1.1. > Though I have been using it for quite sometime, I am > not familiar with the technicalities of it. I am a > humanities professional and hence I am not familiar > with these things. > I generally use word files and presenations. > Recently I encountered a problem with my Open Office.I > have been working on a file when I had to shut down > the file due to power failure. > But when I logged on later, I was not able to access > the file, instead there was a Window saying "filter > selection." > The file I lost was very important and I would like to > recover it. > Hope you would be able to help mw with some helpful > suggestion.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Wed February 8 2006 04:51, Daniel Kasak wrote: > > Unfortunately if OpenOffice doesn't recognise the file, it is most > likely lost. > This is why you should back up important files. > > There is the possibility of recovering things, though. > > To start with, make *multiple* backups of the remaining file - even if > it's just copying the file to different names on the computer. We will > be modifying your corrupted file, and you want to keep an original copy > around in case we mess things up further. > > Now, to attempt to recover the file, rename the extension to 'zip'. So > for example if the file was called: > > my_important_file.sxw > > ... then you'd rename it to: > > my_important_file.zip > > Now try to open it with a compression tool such as WinZip or WinRar ( > clicking on it from Windows explorer should work ). The reason we're > doing this is that OpenOffice files are actually compressed folders, > with multiple files in them. There's a chance ( though it's relatively > remote ), that WinZip / WinRar will be able to recover at least > something. If it does, extract everything out to a folder. If it doesn't > you can try downloading another compression tool ( such as WinRar ). > There's a chance that one tool may be able to fix problems that the > other can't. We're clutching at straws here really, but anyway ... > > Now, if the recovery was successful, you can try saving the repaired > archive, closing it, and then renaming it back to its original name ( ie > my_important_file.sxw ). Then try opening it in OpenOffice. If it opens > at all, don't be surprised if things aren't perfect ... > > If it *doesn't* open, then go to that folder you extracted stuff out to > above, and then find the 'content.xml' file. This is where your text is > stored. Open it in something ( OpenOffice, a text editor, whatever ). > Rescue what you can from it, and copy it back into a *fresh* OpenOffice > document. > > That's all I've got. Good luck, and backup often :) Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
