Re: Cannot open a file.

2017-03-26 Thread James Plante
Won’t cost a damn thing to try, will it? > On Mar 26, 2017, at 12:16 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > > At 10:52 26/03/2017 -0500, James Plante wrote: >> Rory is usually right about things like this, ... > > Perhaps more often than you think. > >> ... but there's one trick you might try. Find that OD

Re: Cannot open a file.

2017-03-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:52 26/03/2017 -0500, James Plante wrote: Rory is usually right about things like this, ... Perhaps more often than you think. ... but there's one trick you might try. Find that ODT file in Windows Explorer (or the Finder if on a Mac). Change the file extension from .odt to .zip, and un

Re: Cannot open a file.

2017-03-26 Thread James Plante
Kevin, Rory is usually right about things like this, but there’s one trick you might try. Find that ODT file in Windows Explorer (or the Finder if on a Mac). Change the file extension from .odt to .zip, and unzip the file. Open the one named “content”. It will have all the text in it, but none

Re: Cannot open a file.

2017-03-26 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:30:25 -0700 Kevin Brown wrote: > I have been using Open Office for a few years and I really enjoy this > program. I have a problem with a certain file I can no longer open, when I > attempt to do so it comes up with all my text being # hashtags and can’t fix > the proble

Cannot open a file.

2017-03-25 Thread Kevin Brown
I have been using Open Office for a few years and I really enjoy this program. I have a problem with a certain file I can no longer open, when I attempt to do so it comes up with all my text being # hashtags and can’t fix the problem. When the file is clicked it brings up a bar that says ASCII F