I wonder if it might be helpful to save larger works into smaller chunks and
then use the Master Document feature to bring them all together. It takes
some getting used to, but once learned, it has some neat advantages to
trying to edit several hundred pages in one file.
Virgil
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From: James Plante
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 8:05 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: ack! Mac Viewing Issues
I've had a similar problem with OOo on the Mac. Got about 170 pages of a
200+ page report done, and the program wouldn't save the file. It started
the aberrant behavior you describe. I closed the file, and opened it in
NeoOffice, a dedicated Mac version of OOO. Worked fine. Find NeoOffice at
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php. It costs $10 to d/l, but if
it saves your book, it's worth it.
Jim Plante
On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:47 PM, damali ayo <he...@damaliayo.com> wrote:
My apologies Hagar, I did not see that link.
I did change the user profile and it is still acting the same strange way.
What i find most odd, is how the notes seem to be in the doc, but don't
show up until i click them. Other things I wrote in the notes section
appear then too. It's like a hide and seek game. That's why i think the
information is all there...somewhere.
Is there any other program that you suggest i use to complete work on this
manuscript? Will a new version of MS word be able to import the .odt file?
Thanks, i think that's my last question, since nothing has changed. :(
damali
Profile location is given here (same topic):
http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=58401#p58401
There is a link to that post in the very post I've linked.
Hagar
Le 03/12/2012 21:32, damali ayo a écrit :
Hagar,
How do i do this in mac? The link you send does not detail that process.
damali
Have you tried to reset the profile? It may help.
Hagar
Le 03/12/2012 21:15, damali ayo a écrit :
Thanks! I so appreciate your thoughts.
I had already saved in .odt quite a few times, this was even a "save
as" .odt file i was working on. I had imported it from .doc over a
week (and many many saves) ago. I had not gone back to .doc at all.
I don't have any photos. I do have a table of contents, several
sections (14) and endnotes. I increased the memory to support this
(great tip!), quit and restarted the program, but the problems
persist.
I forgot to mention a symptom...i noticed it was acting strange when i
tried to highlight several lines in the endnotes and it only let me
highlight random portion. So I closed the doc and re-opened. That's
when everything went pear-shaped.
Other ideas?
damali
First, save in native ODF (.odt).
Remember that the .doc import/export filters have been reverse
engineered, you may face some troubles by continuing using this
format.
Always work in .odt and export in .doc when needed only. This way you
keep a secure copy of your document.
If your document has a lot of objects (pictures, ...), try to
increase the memory settings (Tools>Preferences>OOo>Memory).
If no change, you can try to reset your user profile but I doubt it
will change anything in your case:
http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=58403#p58403
Hagar
Le 03/12/2012 20:55, damali ayo a écrit :
Hello Forum,
I have been chugging along on a 300 page manuscript in Open Office.
I brought it into OO from an old (I mean old) version of word. All
was going well until a few minutes ago when OO seemed to be reading
my document very strangely. The header disappeared, the endnotes
half-disappeared, and when I click on a number in the text for a
note, it takes me to the note at the end but then others are
missing. I have no idea what happened or why. When I open the
document anew it positions me somewhere in the middle of it.
I have the sense that it's a viewing issue, and the file isn't
actually screwed up...at least I hope so. I have no other way of
opening it though.
I quit OO, restarted my computer, and no changes.
It's slightly terrifying. I've been working on this book for over a
year. Any help would be angelic, truly.
Details:
Involved participants:
Mac OS 10.5.8
Microsoft word v.X for mac (yes i need an entirely new computer, I
know)
OpenOffice 3
Thank you!!
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