David -
When a document is revised over and over again, after a while cruft
can build up and cause problems. (This isn't just for OpenOffice.) If
that is the problem, hopefully you just need to start afresh once and
it will keep working for a long time. You could try selecting the
entire document and then pasting it into a fresh document using Paste
Special > Paste Unformatted Text. You'll get the content but will have
to redo any formatting you have, hopefully just once.
You should be able to set OpenOffice to save your document
periodically. In LibreOffice this is under Tools > Options > Load/Save
General. I think it's similar in OpenOffice.
Changing your profile may cause you to lose some settings that you've
customized, but it may be worth a try.
(I've addressed this to the list. Please include the list in your
replies so everyone sees what's going on.)
- Robert
On Sat, 8 Aug 2020, David Carroll wrote:
Thanks for the polite response. Most often, I revise an existing document.
That is MUCH easier than starting all over. I’ll take a show I wrote six
months ago (I have 200 to choose from), and insert new songs, etc.
If I started from scratch each week, it would be far more time consuming. This
SHOULD be easy. Just plug in a few new songs and some new text, and it’s done.
But it is rarely easy, because I can’t figure out how to get OpenOffice to auto
save like Word does. If I don’t “save” every minute or so, I’m screwed. I am
also creating some data for an upcoming book. It is basically a listing of
concerts, in various categories. And yes, they occasionally crash too. Not as
often…but it has happened.
I can try to change my profile, I guess it can’t hurt.
Thanks,
David
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From: Robert Funnell
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2020 7:40 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: 3...@epbfi.com
Subject: Re: tired of the crashes
David -
Johnny Rosenberg is right that corrupted profiles seem to cause a lot
of misery.
If that doesn't help: When you start a new show, do you start from
scratch with a new document, or do you revise an existing document? If
the latter, then there might be some corruption in that document. If
the former, do you create documents other than for the radio show, and
do they also crash?
- Robert
On Sat, 8 Aug 2020, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
By the way, did you try to reset your profile? That should probably be my
first suggestion…
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426#p58403
Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
Den sön 9 aug. 2020 kl 01:17 skrev Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knu...@gmail.com
:
Den lör 8 aug. 2020 kl 23:12 skrev David Carroll <3...@epbfi.com>:
Every week I have to write a radio show. Every week, Open Office
crashes, and I have to rewrite. I have tried finding a way to back up my
text, but nothing works.
Is there a cure for this?
Probably only the usual cure: File a bug report and include as much
information as possible and then wait for a fix.
Other fixes are maybe not Apache OpenOffice-related in the same way, such
as switching to another operating system to see if that helps. Or, if
nothing works, try another office suite, such as LibreOffice or any of the
others (at least until the issue in Apache OpenOffice is fixed). I guess
I'm not supposed to suggest that, but if nothing helps and you need to
work, what can you do? The job has to be done, right?
Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
David Carroll
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