My Open Office document's problems

[missy mendoza]

Dear User Support
My Open Office document which I typed and saved, now opens with: the annoying 
ASCII Filter Options window; then, blank. What has caused this? When the ASCII 
Filter Options window opened, I clicked 'LF' paragraph break, character set 
'Uni-code,' and 'OK.' Then, my document opened blank. What are the steps to fix 
and prevent this problem? What are the steps to remove and prevent filters 
being in my Open Office software and its' documents, and to get my saved 
document's text reappearing?


Missy Mendoza 

Re: My Open Office document's problems

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:23:41 +
missy mendoza  wrote:

> Dear User Support
> My Open Office document which I typed and saved, now opens with: the annoying 
> ASCII Filter Options window; then, blank. What has caused this? When the 
> ASCII Filter Options window opened, I clicked 'LF' paragraph break, character 
> set 'Uni-code,' and 'OK.' Then, my document opened blank. What are the steps 
> to fix and prevent this problem? What are the steps to remove and prevent 
> filters being in my Open Office software and its' documents, and to get my 
> saved document's text reappearing?
> 
> 
> Missy Mendoza 
  
Your file is most likely damaged beyond repair. Such damage can be caused by 
over hasty shut down of the computer before the software and hardware write 
buffers have had time to flush.

Look in the Backup directory pointed to by OpenOffice (/Tools /Options 
/OpenOffice : Backup) and rename any .bak file to .ods and see if it contains 
any of your content.

Look also in the temporary directory pointed to by OpenOffice
(/Tools /Options /OpenOffice : Paths) and rename any files there to type .ods. 
See if they contain any of your content.

If using Windows run PhotoRec or Recuva (search for and download one of these) 
and see if it finds an erased temporary file. If using a Mac, search for an 
"undelete" utility. Sometimes the above methods work, but if no immediate 
success I'd start rewriting. 

-- 
Rory O'Farrell 

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My Open Office document is made blank by the Filter Options

[missy mendoza]

Dear User Support
My Open Office document which I typed and saved, now opens with: the annoying 
ASCII Filter Options window; then, blank. What has caused this? When the ASCII 
Filter Options window opened, I clicked 'LF' paragraph break, character set 
'Uni-code,' and 'OK.' Then, my document opened blank. What are the steps to fix 
and prevent this problem? What are the steps to remove and prevent filters 
being in my Open Office software and its' documents?


Missy Mendoza 

Re: Openoffice-Base

[NoOp]

On 08/13/2014 07:44 AM, Dewald Barnard wrote:
> Good afternoon
> 
> I need assistance in templates that will work for a small business. All I
> need is something to issue (make out delivery notes with automated delivery
> note numbers), receive stock, stock availability and automated stock
> reorders. I'm in charge of the parts store and sales and the system that we
> are using is outdated (written book records). So I need something to help
> me keep record of all the parts and their bin locations. When I make out a
> delivery note the part issue must automatically be deducted from the
> availability and if it comes to minimum required quantity it must
> automatically reorder the stock to maximum level.
> 
> Do you perhaps have something similar to this or is this to complex to
> make? Any suggestions is appreciated.
> 
> Kindest Regards
> Dewald Barnard
> RSA
> 

AOO have a series of example database tables that you can experiment with:
File|New|Database|Create new database|Finish|allow to save|Tables|Use
Wizard to Create Table| then you will find sample Business and Personal
tables you can experiment with - Business|Property might be a good place
to start. Also see:
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation




However, as others have pointed out, you might look to a pre-built
application better suited to your requirements.











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problem with installation

[wjs]

I have tried downloading Open Office three times and each time the setup 
program seems to work well.  However, the program freezes about three quarters 
of the way through the installation process.  This same problem happens every 
time.  I am running windows 7.  Can you advise me what I need to do to get it 
to work?

Thank you for your help.
WJ Schofield
kb6...@yahoo.com

Re: problem with installation

[Alan B]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:59 PM, wjs  wrote:

> I have tried downloading Open Office three times and each time the setup
> program seems to work well.  However, the program freezes about three
> quarters of the way through the installation process.  This same problem
> happens every time.  I am running windows 7.  Can you advise me what I need
> to do to get it to work?
>

Don't know from the information you've provided but typical ways to prevent
install problems would include:
- first look in Control Panel to see if Windows thinks OpenOffice was
installed. If it does try the uninstall

then

- use OpenOffice install only if downloaded from https://www.openoffice.org
(you are redirected to http://sourceforge.net but that's okay)

- make sure Windows is clean and stable (no malware on system, registry
doesn't have spurious entries)
 -- Malwarebytes is great for cleaning malware from system,
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
 -- CCleaner is great for cleaning kruft from registry,
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

- make sure Windows is up to date (latest updates have been run)

- if install still not successful make sure Antivirus is shut off and try
install again BUT be sure to turn Antivirus back on when you're done!

Re: problem with installation

[Jim McLaughlin]

Alan -

Thank you for the pointers to the malware cleaner and registry cleaner
programs.

Very valuable to tuck away in case of future need.

Thanks again.


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Alan B  wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:59 PM, wjs  wrote:
>
> > I have tried downloading Open Office three times and each time the setup
> > program seems to work well.  However, the program freezes about three
> > quarters of the way through the installation process.  This same problem
> > happens every time.  I am running windows 7.  Can you advise me what I
> need
> > to do to get it to work?
> >
>
> Don't know from the information you've provided but typical ways to prevent
> install problems would include:
> - first look in Control Panel to see if Windows thinks OpenOffice was
> installed. If it does try the uninstall
>
> then
>
> - use OpenOffice install only if downloaded from
> https://www.openoffice.org
> (you are redirected to http://sourceforge.net but that's okay)
>
> - make sure Windows is clean and stable (no malware on system, registry
> doesn't have spurious entries)
>  -- Malwarebytes is great for cleaning malware from system,
> https://www.malwarebytes.org/
>  -- CCleaner is great for cleaning kruft from registry,
> https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
>
> - make sure Windows is up to date (latest updates have been run)
>
> - if install still not successful make sure Antivirus is shut off and try
> install again BUT be sure to turn Antivirus back on when you're done!
>

Re: problem with installation

[Martin Groenescheij]

Forwarded to poster as he is not subscribed

On 15-8-2014 8:52, Alan B wrote:

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:59 PM, wjs  wrote:


I have tried downloading Open Office three times and each time the setup
program seems to work well.  However, the program freezes about three
quarters of the way through the installation process.  This same problem
happens every time.  I am running windows 7.  Can you advise me what I need
to do to get it to work?


Don't know from the information you've provided but typical ways to prevent
install problems would include:
- first look in Control Panel to see if Windows thinks OpenOffice was
installed. If it does try the uninstall

then

- use OpenOffice install only if downloaded from https://www.openoffice.org
(you are redirected to http://sourceforge.net but that's okay)

- make sure Windows is clean and stable (no malware on system, registry
doesn't have spurious entries)
  -- Malwarebytes is great for cleaning malware from system,
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
  -- CCleaner is great for cleaning kruft from registry,
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

- make sure Windows is up to date (latest updates have been run)

- if install still not successful make sure Antivirus is shut off and try
install again BUT be sure to turn Antivirus back on when you're done!