Spoke to a friend, with more experience, He suggested this might help: http://www.andybrain.com/archive/mb/open-office-data-recovery.htm But it seems you are in difficult terrain here, from the best I can gather, sorry.
On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 8:09 PM, John Miller <jramil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Im absolutely really sorry, but I am not really trained in this field. I > was only trained to 16. I have a BSc in chemistry, 1st, Best of year, Msc > Pharmacology, PhD Chemistry & NIH fellowship. I've had seizures, so they > won't let me work in a science lab anymore, or drive. I'm trying to advance > my computer skills because of this, but I am not there yet. Best guess, I > can give is you to try & look for Hard Drive data recovery experts, such as: > https://www.rapid-data.net > That was just the first I found, I had to hunt round. If this was 4 or 5 > years on I would be more than happy to help but I am changing fields as a > result of a massive run of bad luck > Best regards > John > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Meadhbh Hayden <meadhbhhay...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, today i opened a word file (ODT format) and found that all my text had >> been replaced with hashtag (#) symbols. I was also shown an ASCII filter >> pop up. I have looked at some support posts in the forum and it seems to >> me >> my file may be corrupted. Is there any way i can get my file back? I have >> over 30 pages of writing that i would rather not rewrite! >> (p.s; i am not that great with computers so if you have instructions for >> me, please use english thanks) >> > >
