Hi Chris, Thanks I'll try it to look in /tmp and I start the same saving procedure as you use now. I did log out of OO so I think my luck has run out.
Take care, Darcy ------- Original Message ------- >From : caziz[mailto:ca...@cuug.ab.ca] Sent : 10/23/2011 1:23:18 PM To : clug-talk@clug.ca Cc : Subject : RE: Re: [clug-talk] Off topic - Open office question Long shot but try /tmp ?? On my machine it has a working copy in /tmp/<some-hash>.tmp/<some-hash>.tmp but deletes the directory when you exit OO. Slightly off topic, when file saves are critical to me, I don't overwrite versions. Starting with report01a.odt, when I load it the first thing before any modification is save as report01b.odt. For a long report I may be at version "r" or report03g.odt before I'm finished. This protects me both from myself and the report writer. Chris On 11-10-23 12:52 PM, dd...@nucleus.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have been writing a paper using open office > writer and was saving the document as I was writing > it. When I was saving the most current document it > was not saved but an earlier one was saved instead. I > was also copying the file to my usb stick as well but > the same file was on it as well. Each time I saved > the file I checked that the file size had increase > before over writing the older save file and nothing > seemed to be any different in this case. > > I checked Open Office forum and documentation and > discovered that Load/Save option Always create backup > copy was not selected. I believe this is a feature > that the user must select. I checked open office user > backup folder in my file system and the file is not > there. > > Would anyone know if there would be another > location this file may have been saved or stored and > a way to retrieve the file? I understand that once a > file is over written it is gone. > > Thanks for your time, > > Darcy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines ( http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php ) > **Please remove these lines when replying > begin:vcard fn:Christopher Aziz n:Aziz;Christopher email;internet:ca...@cuug.ab.ca tel;home:403-547-1413 version:2.1 end:vcard _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines ( http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php ) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
