Alexandro - Thank you for that reminder. It caused me to check my save settings and I noted with horror that I had left the saving interval setting at the default 15 minutes.
Fortunately I have not yet had an issue, but I was very glad to correct the interval before having an issue. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > That means that your file is corrupt. The best way to configure AOO > under these circumstances is to enable the auto-save feature located > on Tools -> Options -> Load/Save -> General > Reduce the minutes of saving, and also enable the option of: > - Edit document properties before saving > - Always save a backup copy > > This will ensure all your work is saved from the start and continually > being saved every 3-5 minutes (depending on how much you reduce the > autosave). > > This way your work will not be lost. > > On 11/16/14, Rod Huxley <rod...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > I have an Acer (all in one) desktop computer. Z5610. I was having trouble > > with continual instantaneous shutdowns. This I found was/is a problem > with > > this unit, which I have now fixed. > > > > However, in one of these “shutdowns”, I lost all info on 2 spreadsheets > that > > I was using. > > > > > > > > Now when I open these spreadsheets, a get a Grey Box stating : > > > > Text ….The name of my file > > > > Character Set UNICODE > > > > Default Language English (Australian). > > > > And so on > > > > > > > > When I click OK ...the Spreadsheet opens, but is TOTALLY blank. > > > > Question: How do/can I recover this information. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Rod Huxley > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
