Dennis,
I've received some other answers that convince me my specific problem is
unsolvable so it's no use answering your questions.
Tom
> From: dennis.hamil...@acm.org
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> CC: tomcu...@hotmail.com
> Subject: RE: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:37:07 -0800
>
> Tom,
>
> I am very sorry that you have had a serious difficulty.
>
> Unfortunately, there is not enough information to determine what "this
> well-known problem" is. Your case could easily be different than others that
> are reported.
>
> It is always wise to keep intermediate backups and you can make that
> automatic in the Tools | Options menu. That's for the future. It does not
> help with your immediate loss of a document.
>
> What do you mean that the document disappeared?
>
> Did it disappear or is it there but appears to be corrupted and opens in a
> strange way?
>
> Also, please let us know which version of Apache OpenOffice you were running,
> and on what operating system. And what was the name of the file?
>
>
> - Dennis
>
> PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to
> questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply
> to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice
> and others can learn the solutions others have found. Advisors on this list
> do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email
> addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are
> welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with
> any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account
> where you wish to receive posts made to the list.
> The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at
> https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom cuypers [mailto:tomcu...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 12:48
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of suggestions,
> but none will fix the problem.
> Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help.
> I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by letting
> them work for weeks on documents.
> Comments on the forum say when a file is corrupted, the problem is unfixable.
> BUT IF A FILE IS SAVED ONCE ELECTRONICALLY, HOW CAN IT DISAPPEAR?
> I won't be using your program again untill this problem is fixed.
> I'm even thinking about buying a typewriter again, that will cost me less
> time.
>
> Regards
>
> Tom Cuypers
>
>
