[Solved] My document lost it's images and numbering
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:06 pm
I created a document that had a page of text on the first page, with indented numbering, using the Bullets and Numbering feature.
I added 8 jpeg images and took a long time to get them to line up correctly. Finally, I got everything set up the way I wanted, then I did File > Export as PDF so I could share the file with someone.
I saved the text document as a Microsoft 6 file. I thought I had weeks ago gone under Tools > Options > Load/Save > General and selected "Always save as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP" but for some reason Microsoft 6 was the file type when I clicked File > Save As. So I went ahead and saved as Microsoft 6.
Problem 1: I closed the text file. Then I opened it again to work on it some more, but all my indented numbering was gone. The numbers from 1-6 with several layers of indents turned into straight numbers from 1-23 with no spacing after the numbers, and no indents.
Problem 2: My images are gone! The caption boxes are overlapping each other. When I right-click the image to see the Image Map, there's just a tiny blob of some kind.
So is that what the big warning is referring to in the Tools > Options > Load/Save > General section? It says: "Not using ODF 1.2 may cause infomation to be lost." (Notice there's a typo in the warning: "infomation"). What is "ODF 1.2"? Would I save as "ODF Text Document"?
The reason I was saving as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP is because people I share my documents with complain that they can't open my ODF documents. They don't have OpenOffice, but use Microsoft Word and/or Word Perfect. If I send them an ODF file, is there a way they can open my files? Or do I have to save as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP before sharing with them?
I would sure hate to loose all my pictures on my huge 50-page document I've been working on the last few weeks. So I saved them as ODF today after reading My 18 page file is now #######s. Was that a good thing for me to do, or not?
Also, the backup folder in Windows Explorer is empty at the path listed here: Tools > Options > OOo > Paths
Lucky for me, I still have the PDF file, but unfortunately, I can't edit it and will have to start all over making a new text file.
I added 8 jpeg images and took a long time to get them to line up correctly. Finally, I got everything set up the way I wanted, then I did File > Export as PDF so I could share the file with someone.
I saved the text document as a Microsoft 6 file. I thought I had weeks ago gone under Tools > Options > Load/Save > General and selected "Always save as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP" but for some reason Microsoft 6 was the file type when I clicked File > Save As. So I went ahead and saved as Microsoft 6.
Problem 1: I closed the text file. Then I opened it again to work on it some more, but all my indented numbering was gone. The numbers from 1-6 with several layers of indents turned into straight numbers from 1-23 with no spacing after the numbers, and no indents.
Problem 2: My images are gone! The caption boxes are overlapping each other. When I right-click the image to see the Image Map, there's just a tiny blob of some kind.
So is that what the big warning is referring to in the Tools > Options > Load/Save > General section? It says: "Not using ODF 1.2 may cause infomation to be lost." (Notice there's a typo in the warning: "infomation"). What is "ODF 1.2"? Would I save as "ODF Text Document"?
The reason I was saving as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP is because people I share my documents with complain that they can't open my ODF documents. They don't have OpenOffice, but use Microsoft Word and/or Word Perfect. If I send them an ODF file, is there a way they can open my files? Or do I have to save as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP before sharing with them?
I would sure hate to loose all my pictures on my huge 50-page document I've been working on the last few weeks. So I saved them as ODF today after reading My 18 page file is now #######s. Was that a good thing for me to do, or not?
Also, the backup folder in Windows Explorer is empty at the path listed here: Tools > Options > OOo > Paths
Lucky for me, I still have the PDF file, but unfortunately, I can't edit it and will have to start all over making a new text file.