Thank you for helping.
I am using OpenOffice Writer 4.1.2 on a Mac running OS X 10.12.1.
I was writing a document and had not yet saved it to a named file. I opened another document -- an HTML document -- using OpenOffice, because that was one of the options offered. After viewing the HTML document, I closed the HTML document. However, both the HTML document and the OpenOffice Writer document I had been writing disappeared.
In my OpenOffice preferences (Preferences > Load/Save > General), I have selected "Save AutoRecovery information every 15 minutes" .
Can you tell me where to look for the AutoRecovered document? I have not been able to find it via Mac's Finder.
[Solved] Document disappeared
[Solved] Document disappeared
Last edited by oaaoeol on Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Document disappeared
The Auto Recovery feature is only for crashes. If the files are closed without any problem, then there is nothing to be recovered.
If you had the option Always create a backup copy in the Options>Load/Save options, you may find a backup in your profile (see [Tutorial] The OpenOffice User Profile).
Have you tried to open your files with the menu File>Recent documents?
Do you remember where they were saved? If you have opened them from a mail client, they have been put in a temporary folder but they are usually deleted when closing the mail client.
If you had the option Always create a backup copy in the Options>Load/Save options, you may find a backup in your profile (see [Tutorial] The OpenOffice User Profile).
Have you tried to open your files with the menu File>Recent documents?
Do you remember where they were saved? If you have opened them from a mail client, they have been put in a temporary folder but they are usually deleted when closing the mail client.
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