Hello all,
Last night, I wrote an important file in openoffice, and this morning, when i tried to open it up, it first prompts me for "ASCII Filter Options," including character set, default fonts, language, etc. It seems that no matter what character set I set it to, my file comes out as a bunch of question marks and # signs! I have gone through all of the "Western Europe" and unicode ones to no avail. How can I recover this important file, and how to make sure that it never happens again?? Thanks!
- Iochi
Lost my file to text encoding!
Lost my file to text encoding!
OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10
- Hagar Delest
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Re: Lost my file to text encoding!
Hi and welcome to the forum!
Sadly, nothing to do: 22 page term paper replaced with pound signs.
Check the temporary folder of the system (see in OOo Tools>Options>OOo>Paths). If there are folders like sgmlf.tmp with a file having the same name inside, make a copy of that file, rename it in .odt and cross your fingers.
Else, nothing to do I fear.
Sadly, nothing to do: 22 page term paper replaced with pound signs.
Check the temporary folder of the system (see in OOo Tools>Options>OOo>Paths). If there are folders like sgmlf.tmp with a file having the same name inside, make a copy of that file, rename it in .odt and cross your fingers.
Else, nothing to do I fear.
LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Xubuntu 23.10 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: Lost my file to text encoding!
yo what the f*** kind of an application pulls this s***?!?!? WHAT THE F***!!
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: offensive language removed
Reason: offensive language removed
OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10
- Hagar Delest
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Re: Lost my file to text encoding!
We understand your frustration but it could have happened with another application too. If you want to tell it to the devs, put a comment in the bug report I've made (see in the linked topic, near the end).
But remember that the user has a part of responsibility: backups are your only lifesaver. It could have been a HD crash, ...
NB: please avoid rude language, we would have to remove it.
But remember that the user has a part of responsibility: backups are your only lifesaver. It could have been a HD crash, ...
NB: please avoid rude language, we would have to remove it.
LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Xubuntu 23.10 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: Lost my file to text encoding!
Important documents should always be backed up whatever ******** application you are using. Avoid working on files directly from things like memory sticks which seem to suffer from corrupt files more than hard drives do.and how to make sure that it never happens again?? Thanks!
OOo 3.3 on Windows 7 & 3.2.1 on Mint 10