Hi Tom, It must have taken you an hour or so to write 3000 words. Did you have automatic backups switched on ? If so, you can likely find several copies saved every 10 minutes or so.
Have you checked your backup path ? Philip On 17/08/16 15:23, Tom Morton (via Dropbox) wrote: > Hi there, > > Tom Morton (tws.mor...@gmail.com) invited you to edit the folder " > Dissertation " on Dropbox. > > Tom said: > "Hello, > > I was writing my dissertation yesterday using Libre Office Writer. I > accidentally saved it as 2003 XML document. > > I had written 3000+ words and now I can not get the words back. > > However, when I open the document in Libre Office Writer, It comes up saying > that there is 3000+ words in the word count and 6 pages in the properties but > I can only see headers, some footnotes and two small paragraphs. My hand in > is on monday and I'm having a nightmare right now. > > if i open the document in anything other than Libre Office Writer, it only > appears in formula or code. > > I am going to attach the document now. > > Thanks for your help in advance. " > > Go to folder[1] > > Enjoy! > The Dropbox team > > [1]: https://www.dropbox.com/l/scl/PhCWhej6ONTpdPrSFdlZ5g?text=1 > -- 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