2008/6/17 Twayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Top posted rather than a new thread, and the original text pushed down > as simply history to keep it connected. This is essentially a re-start > of the thread: > > OK, I had a second occurrence of Calc refusing to Save a file. The > first was with OOo 2.4, this time with 2.4.1 (XP Pro SP2). > It consists of a lot of pasted data from many sources, largely text, > including the 'net, and a lot of my own entries too. > ALL other applications continued to function properly but Calc would > not Save or Save As. I could copy, move, delete, to/from the Calc file, > to/from itself and to/from other applications (Excel, Word, Writer), > CTRL-x, c, v, and z all work. I could copy data to new sheets and > delete the old sheets, but none of that helped anything. Everything > literally seemed to work but Save or Save As. > Other apps or other Calc files would Save OK; there is apparently, > my guess, something "broken" in one of the three Calc sheets within this > file. I don't have a large number of Notes in it, but I do have a > couple that, though they are long, they don't approach the length > limitations. > The error message is simple, no number, it simply says Calc cannot > save the file. The "X" for it is in the upper left corner rather than > the upper right as expected, and goes away when you click OK. > > There's nothing personal in the file at all if anyone would like to see > it, but after closing without saving and then reopening it, it again > saves OK, same as last time. I've been faithful about saving so no data > was lost either although it seems like the last entry should have been > missing; I don't -think- it is! > > I plan to keep using Calc for the time being for this file's intended > purpose, so I should be able to get it to happen again and try some > other things I didn't think to try this time. Any suggestions, let me > know. I'm leaning toward the sheet somehow being corrupted right now. > Next time I plan to try deleting parts of it useing the rule of halves > to find where the corruption might be unless someone has abetter idea. > Like I said, it CAN be copied to another file for saving while it's in > the "won't save" mode. > Unfortunately though I have put all my other Calc files back into > Excel until this is worked out; not that many were converted yet; I make > transitions like this slowly. > > Any tips or suggestions? Requests to see the file? > > Twayne >
What, if anything, shows in the Windows Event Viewer for the time this happened? -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
