thank you for your help, keith. i could not figure out the work around, but i closed OO in the devices area of my finder and i don’t seem to be having the problem any more.
thanks, stewart On Jan 1, 2015, at 8:25 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > Stewart Lyons wrote: >> can someone help me? >> >> i’ve been using open office for a while. i can’t tell you which version >> (b/c the “about open office” menu item is “grayed out,” doesn’t let me >> open that function. >> >> one of the problems is that this dialogue box always shows up when i >> open open office: >> >> >> >> and this dialogue box/message never goes away. and i always have to >> “force quit” open office. >> >> another problem i just noticed is i can’t “save as” a document. it >> won’t “save as.” >> >> i’m just using the Document program, pretty much. >> >> what should i do? delete this version of open office from my computer >> and download the newest version? whatever is easiest. >> >> thank you for any help you can give me. >> >> stewart >> baltimore >> > <snip> > > Dear Stewert; > > This is a known issue with some versions of AOO on Mac systems. Below is > the section from the 4.0.1 release notes with a work around: > >> On recent versions of Mac OS X it might happen, especially after a >> "Force quit", that the following error message appears: "Restore >> Windows - The application OpenOffice.org was forced to quit while >> trying to restore its windows. Do you want to try to restore its >> windows again?". If you cannot get rid of it: Option-click the "Go" >> menu; choose "Library" from the menu to open the folder in the >> Finder; click on the folder "Saved Application State"; delete the >> file "org.openoffice.script.savedState". See bug 119006 and bug >> 123681 for more information. > > Also most all attachments to the list are stripped by the software that > manages the mailing lists. If a screen shot is needed to help explain > your problem then it is best to upload it to a file sharing site and > post a link to it in the e-mail to the list. > > If you find that you are running a version less that v4.1.0 than I would > suggest that you upgrade to 4.1.0 as it is the latest release and has > many bug fixes. > > Regards > Keith > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
