On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 19:21:28 +0000 Tom Hayden <tjh...@outlook.com> wrote:
> Hello > I have a problem that I never encountered before. When opening a file that I > have been working on for several years the document opened with nothing but > the pound symbols. Like this: ############, all 300 pages have this now > instead of my writings. Is there a way I can recover my previous work? Can > I somehow go back to a former date before this occurred? Can anyone tell me > how and why this occurred? Never had such a problem before! I am bummed big > time. Please help! Thanks so much. > Your file is damaged, probably beyond useful repair. As soon as possible do the following: Download Recuva or PhotoRec (only one needed) and let it do an indepth recovery of deleted files on your computer. You may get a file containing some or all of your data (or not). Do this as a first priority; other use of the computer may overwrite any existing but deleted files and prevent their recovery. There is no guarantee that you will recover anything useful. Do the above soonest! Do not wait for anything else - there is little prospect of recovering anything from your file, so do this NOW! This can happen if the program or the computer crashes while the file is open. It can also happen if the computer is powered off too speedily after OpenOffice is closed, before OpenOffice has finished its internal housekeeping. If you have backups. you could revert to the latest backup. See see: [rel=viewtopic.php?f=74&t=84056][Tutorial] The Dreaded Pound Signs: file reduced to ####[/rel]. for other information. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
