andy wrote: > My wife, using Etch, was writing a long document in OOo, went to go and > save it as *.doc (for transport to work) and the document crashed. Now > everything except the very earliest save is gone! She is *not* impressed > (so much for my Linux advocacy!). > How can I recover the document - the auto-recovery of OOo only retrieved > the earlier stuff, but all changes she has made over the last few hours > are gone. > > Any guides on how I can rescue and resuscitate the document as close to > when it crashed as possible and save my wife's emotional sanity? > > A BIG thanks > > > Out of interest, how long (in characters) was the document?
I have a 73,763 character document (13,318 words) and in .odt format it has not had a problem. I *have* had problems with docs containing different versions in .sxw format, though. I decided not to bother doing that again. As I was writing this, I saved it as a .doc file and no problems in OO 2.04 -- If you wrestle in the mud with a pig. you both get dirty, and the pig likes it. -- Dave Dawson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
