On 03/03/2007 10:40 PM, TerryJ wrote: > > > noop-3 wrote: >> >> On 03/03/2007 05:59 AM, Johnny Andersson wrote: >>> Tjena, Björn! >>> >>> I tried to open your document with OpenOffice.org 2.1, but it seems to be >>> impossible. OpenOffice.org just froze and the only thing I could do, was >>> to >>> kill it. It seems like your file is corrupted somehow. >> >> Agree. Tried in both OOo 2.1 and StarOffice 8 (both linux) with the same >> results. >> >> > > All is not necessarily lost. I should cull the threads I have linked. The > first 3 are usually cited by hol.sten who seems to have some expertise at > recovering data from corrupt files. Here are my unabridged notes: > > hol.sten's links: > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=24208 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=23146 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=20840 > > macro to repair (windoze): > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=45473 > other links: > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33263 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=33210 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=24208 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=30992 > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=31277 > script to recover: > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=34891 > One user: Thanks for the effort! Here's how I did it: > > 1. renamed the defective file extension to .zip > 2. extracted content of the .zip file > 3. opened content.xml with Dreamweaver, selected in the view menu to show > errored lines (shows the bad text with yellow background) and removed them. > 4. did the same with style.xml > 5. updated the .zip file and renamed it back to .ods > > Some styling was removed but the file worked and all the data was in it!
Thanks for that and Matt Needles info. I'd forgotten that a odt file is actually a zipped file. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
