Re: File locked for editing by unknown user

2023-12-15 Thread John Mehta
Thank you David - that worked. Kind Regards, John. On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 10:31 PM David wrote: > John Mehta wrote: > > I've just activated the RansomeWare option in my AntiVirus program and > now > > get the message "File locked for editing by unknown user" when I try to > > open an existing

Re: File locked for editing by unknown user

2023-12-14 Thread David
John Mehta wrote: I've just activated the RansomeWare option in my AntiVirus program and now get the message "File locked for editing by unknown user" when I try to open an existing text or spreadsheet. I can open a copy, edit that, and save it with a new file name. But how can I unlock my files

Re: File locked for editing by unknown user

2023-12-14 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi John. perhaps removing the file .lock within the Windows user directory fixes your problem C:\Users\Your_Username\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice\4\.lock Am 14.12.2023 um 12:10 schrieb John Mehta: I've just activated the RansomeWare option in my AntiVirus program and now get the message "File

Re: File is damage

2023-02-27 Thread Sílvia Ribeiro
Hi, Thank you very much. Sílvia A seg, 27 de fev de 2023, 20:55, Rory O'Farrell escreveu: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:35:20 + > Sílvia Ribeiro wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Just say that cannot be open. > > > > The file is so important. > > > > Thank you > > > If the file was last edited recently

Re: File is damage

2023-02-27 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
Copy the file (yes, make a copy) and name the file something like  x.zip See if the file can be opened. ODT files are stored in a ZIP format so you should be able to see the files. If the file cannot be opened as a ZIP then the file is likely not recoverable. If you are able to open the ZIP fi

Re: File is damage

2023-02-27 Thread Sílvia Ribeiro
Hi, Just say that cannot be open. The file is so important. Thank you A seg, 27 de fev de 2023, 18:29, Rory O'Farrell escreveu: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:25:38 + > Sílvia Ribeiro wrote: > > > Good afternoon, > > > > I need help, I have an *.odt file > > that cannot be opened, with very i

Re: File is damage

2023-02-27 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:35:20 + Sílvia Ribeiro wrote: > Hi, > > Just say that cannot be open. > > The file is so important. > > Thank you If the file was last edited recently the methods in this tutorial may help recover it: [url=https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&

Re: File is damage

2023-02-27 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:25:38 + Sílvia Ribeiro wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I need help, I have an *.odt file > that cannot be opened, with very important content, do you have any > suggestions to eventually repair any hypothesis that I still need to > test, thank you. > > Best regards, > >

Re: File Access

2023-02-13 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
What operating system and version? I assume since version of windows. I am not well versed in file permissions on windows or Mac (Linux I know well) Are you able to find your files with the file explorer? If you right click on n a file and look at the properties are you able to see fine ownersh

Re: File lost

2022-06-02 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 3 Jun 2022 03:13:03 +0300 Tiberiu Ungureanu wrote: > Hi! Something very unpleasant happened to me. I was editing a text with > Open Office Writer when a power outage occurred. After the power went back > on, I noticed that everything I had worked on for a week was lost. Please > let me kn

Re: File Access Denied

2022-02-01 Thread Alan B
It doesn't look like your question has gotten a response. The message means that the logon (username & password) being used when trying to access the file does not have the privileges needed. Privileges are associated with the username so, are you using a different username? If yes, logon with th

Re: OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-15 Thread Russ Munk
You may find Quick Launch a better solution than pinning documents to the task bar or start menu. See How to Add Quick Launch toolbar in Windows 10 https://mywindowshub.com/add-quick-launch-toolbar-windows-10/ - Russ On 12/14/2021 2:10 PM, ACG wrote: Correct the wail of many a Scottish schoo

Re: OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-14 Thread ACG
Correct the wail of many a Scottish school student despite being caught redhanded "It was not me" /À nos devoirs/: (French, meaning: to the business at hand) I am running Windows 10 (machine too old to upgrade, sadly) and I have a short-cut to OO writer on the start menu. It shows rece

Re: OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Dave
Thanks David, For a short period of time I lived in Scotland and really enjoyed that time, except that I could never fully understand what those fantastic Scottish folks were saying to me :) Dave On 13/12/2021 23:43, David Robley wrote: > S ut wisnae me sounds like a Scots(?) accent "so it w

OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread David Robley
S ut wisnae me sounds like a Scots(?) accent "so it was nae [not] me" On 14/12/21 10:13 am, Dave wrote: Yes, apologies, I clicked send before checking all aspects of the message to be sent. Sorry, I don't understand the shorthand: "S ut wisnae me." Look forward to your reply tomorrow.

Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Dave
Yes, apologies, I clicked send before checking all aspects of the message to be sent. Sorry, I don't understand the shorthand: "S ut wisnae me." Look forward to your reply tomorrow. Dave Original Message From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 20

Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread ACG
Err Dave it was your message to me which was off list. S ut wisnae me. Too tired now, will try to answer tomorrow... Adrian On 13/12/2021 23:08, Moderator wrote: Hi Adrian, Can we please keep this ON-LIST. IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe tha

Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Moderator
Hi Adrian, Can we please keep this ON-LIST. IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe that the software should be expected to continuously track EVERYTHING across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this simplistic pointer/shortcut list. You provi

Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:48 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote: Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a pain It's perhaps worth saying that the Recent Documents list will be saved in the user's OpenOffice user profile, so the loss of it will be caused by corruption or loss of

Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread ACG
On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote: It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your document files] all are ... It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I have to remember where my keys are, my

Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote: It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your document files] all are ... It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my car, those toma

Re: File deleted

2021-12-13 Thread ACG
I wonder whether you actually have the same problem I had. "Recent Documents" could be stored anywhere - and if you go the the folder(s) I'll bet they are still there. The problem is that OO is not very clever at saving the list of "recent documents". If you open OO first then you may find them

Re: FILE CORRUPTED

2019-08-16 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 20:41:15 + Amber LaRose wrote: > Please help me! One of my files got corrupted. How can I save it? What do I > do to repair it? > You may be able to recover a previous version of the file - see https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=85038 for a Tuto

Re: FILE CORRUPTED

2019-08-16 Thread David Robley
What is happening that makes you think the file is corrupted? Since you are not subscribed to this list you may not see all the replies to your query. To subscribe to Apache OpenOffice mailing lists go to http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this

Re: File

2019-07-25 Thread David Belina
Here is a link for install on the ChromeBook: https://www.bestchromebookapps.com/openoffice-writer-chromebook/ On July 25, 2019 at 11:01:24 AM, Raymond Bastien (raymondbastie...@gmail.com) wrote: Hi. I'm wondering if you might be able to give me some direction. I've downloaded your product o

Re: FILE

2019-01-24 Thread Yvonne Jue
fessor Geoffrey M. Beresford Hartwell CEng > FIMechE FIET SenMIEEE(USA) FCIArb FICArb(India) > > -Original Message- > From: Martin Groenescheij [mailto:mar...@groenescheij.com] > Sent: 24 January 2019 14:13 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: Yvonne Jue > Subjec

RE: FILE

2019-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Hartwell
om: Martin Groenescheij [mailto:mar...@groenescheij.com] Sent: 24 January 2019 14:13 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Yvonne Jue Subject: Re: FILE On 24/1/19 14:47, Yvonne Jue wrote: > Some years ago after discovering Open Office, I downloaded and > *enjoyed* using this site. I know my

Re: FILE

2019-01-24 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 24/1/19 14:47, Yvonne Jue wrote: Some years ago after discovering Open Office, I downloaded and *enjoyed* using this site. I know my files were .odt Although I might not have had a command of the writer, this was my preferred site. NEVER RETURNED TO MICROSOFT WORD. Something must have happ

Re: file format

2017-02-08 Thread Isaac Schrader
Convert to an xlsx excel format online. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2017, at 6:46 AM, Gina Steen wrote: > > Hello > What file format do I save an Apache OpenOffice Calc document which is saved > as .ods to people who don't have Apache OpenOffice. Many thanks > Gina Steen >

Re: file format

2017-02-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 09/02/17 2:23 AM, M Henri Day wrote: 2017-02-08 15:42 GMT+01:00 Gina Steen : Hello What file format do I save an Apache OpenOffice Calc document which is saved as .ods to people who don't have Apache OpenOffice. Many thanks Gina Steen ---

Re: file format

2017-02-08 Thread M Henri Day
2017-02-08 15:42 GMT+01:00 Gina Steen : > Hello > What file format do I save an Apache OpenOffice Calc document which is > saved as .ods to people who don't have Apache OpenOffice. Many thanks > Gina Steen > - > To unsubscribe, e-

RE: file

2016-03-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:50 19/03/2016 -0700, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: From Microsoft Office 2016: "The file format and extension of don't match. The file could be corrupted or unsafe. ..." I recommend that anyone receiving this message from the list simply delete it and its attachment. This file arrived in an

Re: file

2016-03-19 Thread Urmas
Alex, your file is dead and gone. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: file

2016-03-19 Thread James Plante
This is one BIG advantage of AOO: It doesn’t run Word or Excel macros. I clicked, I looked, and the file’s unintelligible. Could be encrypted, but with a “.ru” domain, I wouldn’t take the chance. > On Mar 19, 2016, at 11:50 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton > wrote: > > From Microsoft Office 2016: "The

RE: file

2016-03-19 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
>From Microsoft Office 2016: "The file format and extension of don't match. >The file could be corrupted or unsafe. ..." I recommend that anyone receiving this message from the list simply delete it and its attachment. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: alex3706...@yandex.ru [mail

Re: File will not save as a CSV

2015-11-12 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 13-Nov-15 03:59, Holly Willis wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, I have been using open office for a while now, and for some reason it has stopped saving files as a CSV. What is the cause of this and how do I fix it? Could you give us some more information? E.g. What part of OpenOffice do you use? W

Re: File Extension format

2015-07-23 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 24-Jul-15 08:24, plockit...@aol.com wrote: Hello: I appreciate your program recently I had to install OpenOffice because my MS Office would not reload. After many grooling hours I got MS Office to install how ever when I removed OpenOffice the word icons did not change back to my word ico

Re: file problem

2015-05-25 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 25 May 2015 13:59:27 +0100 "Jan & Dave" wrote: > I have one file which will not open. Every time I try the message comes up > “Open Office has stopped working. A problem caused the programme to stop > working correctly. Windows will close the programme and notify you if a > solution is

Re: File converter plugin?

2015-02-11 Thread DaveMainwaring
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Urmas wrote: > WPS file it turns out, GoogleDocs supports .wps documents, which you can then convert to .doc by going to File->Download file as->.doc. It's as simple as that! -- -- Please Reply as a delivery receipt !

Re: File converter plugin?

2015-02-11 Thread Urmas
"JAY CEE": To get the best results for opening WPS files, use the Word Viewer with the Works 6-9 file converter, available from Microsoft. Then you can use copy/paste to insert them into the AOO Writer. - To unsubscribe, e-m

Re: File retrieval

2015-01-21 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:27:43 + Delores Anderson wrote: > Hi, can you please advise me how to locate a file that I was working on in > Spreadsheet. It was last worked on on 9th January and now I am unable to > find it. I would appreciate your help. Thank you Use your computer's File searc

Re: file opening

2014-03-26 Thread Doug
On 03/26/2014 10:01 PM, Doug wrote: I checked the WINE list today, and WP8 and WP11 are listed GOLD. However, I looked at the WP8 stuff and found that it was dated 1996, which was even before MS .doc 1997-2003, which is somewhat the "standard" if there is one. Office 11 is copyright 2003. It

Re: file opening

2014-03-26 Thread Doug
On 03/26/2014 07:15 PM, Greg Madden wrote: /snip/ I have an archive of old WP docs, Libreoffice opens them. For work I run WP* in a Windows vm, AOO for the rest. LO uses: Inst libwpd-0.9-9 (0.9.4-3 Debian:7.4/stable [amd64]) Inst libwpg-0.2-2 (0.2.1-1 Debian:7.4/stable [amd64]) Inst libwps-0.2

Re: file opening

2014-03-26 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 26 March 2014 09:37:21 you wrote: > On 03/26/2014 12:36 PM, Greg Madden wrote: > > On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:43:16 you wrote: > >> On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:33:24 you wrote: > >>> On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:07:39 -0400 > >>> > >>> Herb Swift wrote: > Using Open Office Writer ve

Re: file opening

2014-03-26 Thread Doug
On 03/26/2014 12:36 PM, Greg Madden wrote: On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:43:16 you wrote: On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:33:24 you wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:07:39 -0400 Herb Swift wrote: Using Open Office Writer version 4.0.1, how can I open a file created by Word Perfect 6.1, file extensi

Re: file opening

2014-03-26 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:43:16 you wrote: > On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:33:24 you wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:07:39 -0400 > > > > Herb Swift wrote: > > > Using Open Office Writer version 4.0.1, how can I open a file > > > created by Word Perfect 6.1, file extension wpd? > > > > > >

Re: file opening

2014-03-16 Thread Ernie Kurtz
Herb, For what it's worth, I find that Open Office will not open such files, but Libre Office will. The file must then be saved with a new suffix and can be opened by Open Office. Hope this helps. ek On Mar 16, 2014, at 1:07 AM, Herb Swift wrote: > Using Open Office Writer version 4.0.1, h

Re: file opening

2014-03-16 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:33:24 you wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:07:39 -0400 > > Herb Swift wrote: > > Using Open Office Writer version 4.0.1, how can I open a file > > created by Word Perfect 6.1, file extension wpd? > > > > --- > > List Conduct Guide

Re: file opening

2014-03-15 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:07:39 -0400 Herb Swift wrote: > Using Open Office Writer version 4.0.1, how can I open a file created by > Word Perfect 6.1, file extension wpd? > > --- > List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html > To

Re: File formats for the Draw program

2014-01-20 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Sigh. How could I overlook that one? Trivial oversight. Thanks for the reminder! Tom On 19. Jan 2014, at 20:43 , Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen > wrote: >> I would like to draw some figures using Draw to be used in a LaTex document, >> but as far as

Re: File formats for the Draw program

2014-01-19 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: > I would like to draw some figures using Draw to be used in a LaTex document, > but as far as I can see, none of the file formats offered in that programs > are used in Latex. Are there (a) some kind of addition to OpenOffice that > c

Re: file versioning doesn't save

2013-12-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 24/11/2013 L G wrote: OO 4.0.1, Win7. "Always save a version on closing" is checked, but it doesn't save any. Issue confirmed and reported as https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=123812 Thanks, Andrea. - To unsu

Re: File problem

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 02:05 22/11/2013 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: Sent a file edited in OO to a Mac. A crucial fact - which you have kept secret - is in what format you had saved the copy. File was edited to Times Roman 14 point, double spaced, justified. When the Mac owner opened the file, it was unusable.

Re: File problem

2013-11-22 Thread Urmas
You could try RTF or legacy DOC format. OpenOffice is virtually unusable with the newer OpenXML formats due to political reasons. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-ma

Re: File won't open

2013-10-02 Thread Gary Vivian
On 01/10/2013 11:24 PM, doug wrote: On 10/01/2013 09:25 PM, James Knott wrote: Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since thi

Re: File won't open

2013-10-01 Thread doug
On 10/01/2013 09:25 PM, James Knott wrote: Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it

Re: File won't open

2013-10-01 Thread James Knott
Doug wrote: > I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal > document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't > open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) > > Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have > any commen

Re: File won't open

2013-10-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 10/01/2013 07:16 PM, Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you

Re: File won't open

2013-10-01 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:16:13 -0400 Doug wrote: > I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal > document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't > open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) > > Since this is a personal file, I can't send i

Re: File won't open

2013-10-01 Thread doug
On 10/01/2013 07:14 PM, John Meyer wrote: On 10/1/2013 5:16 PM, Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal

Re: File won't open

2013-10-01 Thread John Meyer
On 10/1/2013 5:16 PM, Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you ha