Re: Further problems with OOo
andy wrote:
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>> Hi Andy,
>> Again, it would be helpful if you indicate which version of OOo you are
>> using. What was the backup frequency set to in Tools -> Options ->
>> Load/Save -> "Save Autorecovery every ..... minutes"? That will determine
>> with what frequency your work is backed up. I don't have much experience
>> with M$ Word but I suppose it works in much the same way. I'm not sure
>> what you mean when you say "the document crashed". Do you mean OOo
>> crashed? You might want to describe what exactly happened because I don't
>> think this is normal behaviour. My girlfriend is an editor/translator and
>> has used OOo for several years. She typically gets long and complicated
>> docs that need to be sent back (with the changes recored) in .doc format.
>> She has never experienced this kind of problem. You might also post your
>> query to the comp.openoffice.questions newsgroup. That's probably the
>> best place for the recovery issue and why OOo crashed on saving as a .doc
>> file. Cheers,
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
> Jonathan
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> Sorry it is OOo-2.0.4. The auto back-up feature was not enabled (!!).
> Yes, I meant that OOo as an app crashed - spontaneously closed. When she
> went to reopen OOo, she agreed to the recovery option and the earlier
> version was recovered while her work was lost (she was trying to save it
> when the app crashed).
>
> I have since found out (after searching and joining a couple of other
> mailing lists) that the data is inevitably dead and gone ... at least as
> far as OOo is concerned. I have now adjusted the auto back-up to every 5
> minutes and a back-up will be created. I have also been advised to save
> the file in native *.odt before trying to save it as *.doc . Apparently
> OOo document recovery function isn't much good - i.e. not reliable - and
> one is warned to stay away from it. I have also come across some
> discussion that one should uninstall the distro-version of OOo and
> install the native version.
>
> Anyway, there's not much to do now. Why OOo crashed and why the recovery
> didn't ... will probably never know. Was a right royal PITA I can tell
> you - for both of us!
>
My commiserations, Andy. The good news is that failure to set the auto-save
feature happens only once. Once you get burned .... you're unlikely to
forget it.
You're using a somewhat oldish version of OOo, 2.0.4. The current version is
now 2.2. I realise that the Debian packages for testing are still at the
2.0.4 stage which is one reason I don't use them. You can install OOo
directly from the Openoffice website. Openoffice releases are in rpm format
but it's no big deal (using alien) to convert them to .deb files. Remember
that 2.2 is NOT some unstable beta release, it is the latest released
version of OOo and quite safe to use. It may also deal with your crashing
problem although as I said before I've never experienced that particular
problem.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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