On 11/05/2007 08:35 AM, Rajiv Krishnan wrote: > One of the documents which had been password protected (.odt) got shut down > when there was a power cut and my ups didn't work. After power came back, > when I try to open the document, it tries to recover and repair the > document, and then asks me for the password. When I type my password (which > I am very certain about), it says I typed the wrong password. Please help. > If you don't I am planning to discontinue using Open Office. This just > won't do. This happened to me some years back, but I had forgotten all > about it. If I have to keep a backup of everything as a .doc document, why > use .odt at all? > Best, > Rajiv >
And you blame the data corruption on OOo? Thats just plain silly. To help prevent a total loss in the future do this: 1. Create a temp directory for what ever operating system you use (Windows, Linux, whatever). 2. Open OOo and then Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Paths and change the 'Temporary files' /tmp path to point to the new temp directory that you just created. The problem with using /tmp, is that /tmp on Windows (and many linux systems) gets cleared on a cold boot/reboot. This means that while you're happily saving your AutoRecovery information every 15 minutes (Tools|Options|Load/Save|General) but somehow forgot to check "Always create backup copy", your AutoRecovery information is being save to the /tmp directory. Power goes off, poof goes the info. Power comes on, you reboot, /tmp directory gets cleared on boot, and you can't even get back your last 15 minutes of fame. Changing to a specific /tempdir will prevent that problem. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
