On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:28:28 +0100 (BST) Penny scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Please can you help. I just need a simple answer and I can't make head nor > tail of your support page. > > My OpenOffice program crashed but informed me that it had saved my open > documents and they'd be recovered when I re-opened the program. > > I re-opened the program but it didn't start the usual document recovery > procedure. > Is there any way that I can trigger it to recover the files ? > I tried crashing the computer to see if that triggered a recovery, but no. > > > Nothing in the help files relates to this problem. > Perhaps there's a folder where they're stored ? > Is there anything I can do. There may be a .bak file in the directory for backups pointed to by /Tools /Options /OpenOffice.org : Paths. Alternately, look in the Temporary Files directory (same pointer) and if there are files with funny names (dfthd.fgr sort of thing), rename them to .odt (or .doc if you were working in doc format) and see if they open. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
