Re: open office

2013-01-29 Thread John Hart
in 2008 i stored a couple of files, generated with the then most up to date oo-word-processor, on an external hard disk.the other day, when i opened one of those files with the present oo-word-processor, i found that -depending on the text-filter i used- i could read lots of "funny" characters,

Re: open office

2013-01-29 Thread Doug
On 01/29/2013 04:11 PM, Hans Lang wrote: dear ladies and gentlemen, i have to apologize for asking you directly about my issue. there are lots of help-desks, faqs, etc. i was not able to use them or when trying to do so, learned they had been shut down. well, in 2008 i stored a couple of f

RE: open office

2013-01-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I agree with Andrew, that is not an ODT file. It is something else. It is not a recognizable format accepted by OpenOffice. Did you have compression or encryption on the external drive at some point? -Original Message- From: Hans Lang [mailto:jackthehypnot...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: open office

2013-01-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I agree with Andrew, that is not an ODT file. It is something else. It is not a recognizable format accepted by OpenOffice. Did you have compression or encryption on the external drive at some point? -Original Message- From: Hans Lang [mailto:jackthehypnot...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: open office

2013-01-29 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
The files does not appear to be an ODT file. I peeked at the first few bytes of the file, and it should begin with PK,and it does not. I renamed the file to x.zip, and then I should have been able to "unzip" the file, but I could not. Has the file extension been changed? On 01/29/2013 04:11