Hi Everyone, I wanted to report back. I took my mac air into an apple servicer about a few other issues I was having. I happen to mention my problem of text overwriting other text, creating a tangle of letters on one spot of the page. I was told the problem is the video card. The tech guy said he has a mac air like mine and has the same problem. Sometimes it presents data differently, upside down, etc. It's quirky, but can resolve itself on it's own or I can also power down and restart.
Rochelle On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 3:54 AM Martin Groenescheij <mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote: > > > On 26 Sep 2020, at 05:09, Rochelle <rhub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I've been using Apache Open Office 4.0.1 with my 2012 Mac Air and have > had > > little problems in the past. > > Working with old versions is asking for problems, please upgrade to the > most recent version. > > > I usually save my documents to my drive in MS (.doc and .xls) as they are > > often are shared with other MS and MAC users. > > Always save and maintain your documents in OpenOffice format and when > needed save a MS Office copy for sharing with others. > Also save your original OpenOffice files on your local disk, you should not > share your original file only the copy. > > > > > I recently had a mac store migrate my files to a new 2017 Mac Air with > 1TB > > upgrade as my older mac air storage was limited and freezing up on me. I > > have not had any issues opening older documents saved on my drive. > > > > #1 > > I found that a few recent saves in open office .doc form appear with all > > the text superimposed upon itself and I'm unable to make sense of the > > document. It does not happen with all documents received, just a few. > > This has also happened when I opened and tried to save a .docx email > > attachment > > This looks like a display problem. What happens when you copy and paste > the content into a new document? > > > > > #2 Spreadsheet data not presenting - Very Strange > > Cells in the spreadsheet appear to be hiding. Clicking on a cell will > show > > the data, but does not appear otherwise. > > Also the situation is not static. When I scroll on the page, sometimes > some > > of the data will appear and othertimes, data that was visible is no > longer > > viewable unless one clicks on the cell. > > Same as above. > > > > > Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. This is very > stressful > > and more so during covid, where reliable software is crucial to get any > > work done. > > > > The best help I can offer is: Maintain every document in one format and > when necessary convert it to an foreign format for use by others. > It is like creating a document in English the translate it in a foreign > language, > next time you take the foreign document translate it into English and add > more text. Finally you save it in the foreign language and the contents > doesn’t make sense at all. > > > > Rochelle > >
