On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knu...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 2014-03-02 7:00 GMT+01:00 "J. Van Brimmer" <jerry...@gmail.com>: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm new to the list, so if this is an inappropriate subject, please let > me > > know. > > > > I am using Libreoffice on Manjaro Linux. Over the last several months the > > version has been regularly updated. The currently installed version is: > > "Version: 4.1.5.3 > > Build ID: 4.1.5.3 Arch Linux build-1". I have been using Manjaro for > about > > six months. Over this time I have been using Libreoffice to update some > > Calc spreadsheets that I created to keep track of my finances. There is > > only one of those files that occasionally gets corrupted. It's always the > > same file, and only this one file that gets corrupted. I keep the files > on > > a USB drive. I always save the file, close Libreoffice, and unmount the > > drive before removing it from the computer. I have no forewarning that > the > > file is corrupt until the next time I open it. When I open the file when > > its corrupted, I get this window: > > Screenshot< > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/aak5y545qsmhe30/Screenshot_TextImport_2014-03-01.png > > > > > . Nothing I try can get Libreoffice to open or repair the file. > > But > > , if > > I open the file with Libreoffice 3 on my Debian system, I am offered a > > window that asks me if I want Libreoffice to repair the file. If I click > on > > 'Yes' Libreoffice 3 completes the repair and I see the spreadsheet. The > > only strange thing that I notice about the repaired file is that the last > > chart I had created is only a placeholder. I then delete the placeholder > > and recreate the chart. If I then save an > > d close the file, and reopen it in Libreoffice 4, it opens fine until > the > > next time it gets corrupted. I don't know how to cause the problem, other > > that to keep opening the file until it happens. > > > > Has anyone seen this problem? Is there anything I should try? > > > > > I have seen a problem that seems to be similar, but that was an earlier > version of LibreOffice, I think 3.7.something. It corrupted a spreadsheet > for me and I couldn't repair it with LibreOffice, so I installed Apache > OpenOffice and opened it. Apache OpenOffice repaired the file for me and I > have been using it ever since, and since then the spreadsheet never got > corrupted again. > > That's probably not the solution you are looking for, I just wanted to say > that you are probably not the only one who had this problem, but I'm not > 100% sure it's the same bug. > > > > Johnny Rosenberg > > Thanks for that info Johnny. Gives me something to think about. -- Jerry Van Brimmer -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
