2015-04-11 1:09 GMT+02:00 Dave Barton <d...@tasit.net>: > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Britt Holt-Andersen <holan...@online.no> > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 23:23:58 +0200 > > > On 10.04.2015 14:38, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:46:32 +0200 > >> Britt Holt-Andersen <holan...@online.no> wrote: > >> > >>> Sorry to bother you. > >>> > >>> I use Open Document Text and this has worked fine for years. But now > >>> when I save a document, it is transformed to 15-file which is in some > >>> machine language that is impossible to read or convert to readable > form. > >>> There is no mention of this on the web apart from a website called > >>> Solusoft which gave instructions that lead to nothing. > >>> > >>> I would be grateful for some hints if possible. > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> > >>> B. Holt-Andersen > >>> Oslo > >>> > >>> holan...@online.no > >>> > >>> > >> > >> What is the file type (three letter extension) of the files you are > saving? Are you having difficulty opening these files, or is the > difficulty being reported by those to whom you send them? > >> > >> > > Thanks for answering. I save files as odt, but the last two saved files > > have been saved in Notebook, although I never use this program. They > > were written in Open Office and then somehow converted to Notebook. I > > have not sent them to anyone, I try to open them, but everything is lost > > in machine language. I`ll enclose one for your convenience. It is a > > private matter so please delete the file. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Britt Holt-Andersen > > Hi Britt, > > If your example "Klage Large vedtak intern auksjon hytta Valdres 8.4.15" > is a true reflection of your issue, the solution is simple. Add .odt to > the end of the file name and it will open perfectly. Alternatively, > start Writer and use the menu "File -> Open..." option to open the file, > even without the .odt file name extension. > > ODF (OpenDocument Format) files are in fact compressed zip files, with a > different file name extension and the "machine code" you are seeing is > the compressed zip code. Without the .odt extension at the end of the > file name your operating system (Windows) does not know what application > to open the file with. >
Really? Are you sure? Ok, I don't have Windows, I think 2007 was the last time I used it, but just for fun I copied one of my ODF files and removed its file extension. It still opened perfectly well with the right application (Apache OpenOffice), of course. Why wouldn't it? All the info needed is there, so why not just use it? Fortunately my operating system does that. And probably every other operating system out there, except Windows… > > We can only guess at the reason your files are being saved without the > extension, but a solution for future saves is to use Writer's main menu > "File -> Save As..." option and in the "Save As" dialog (window) ensure > that the "Automatic file name extension" box is ticked/checked. > > Hope this helps. > > Dave > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
