Can We Hope?

[Echoscope]

Greetings!

I got an important OpenOffice file corrupted a couple weeks ago. I'm still finding it hard to
accept that it can't be recovered. I'm wondering whether the OpenOffice team would try to
get a fix for the ASCII Filter Options issue in the coming months/years.

Regards!

[Zizi64]

Do you have some backup version of the document?

Tips for the future working:
- Always create more than one backup copy of your important documents
- Never work on a removable media directly
- Always use the internatioanl standard ODF file formats

Can you upload the problematic document here?

[robleyd]

OP’s specific problem has been discussed in another topic.

There is nothing AOO can do about a file that is totally corrupted like this by factors outside of AOO.

[RoryOF]

I agree with robleyd - many of the factors causing file loss are outside of OO's control. There is no substitute for a rigorous backup policy on part of the User.

[Echoscope]

To not have a backup and lose a file like I did is an act of extreme stupidity. I admit that. I'm the only
person responsible. That said, the file that I lost is still on my computer. It's just that I can't open it. Maybe at
some stage the OpenOffice team would want to come up with a software solution to help idiots like me.

Zizi64, I'm attaching the corrupted file with this message.

Regards!

[RoryOF]

Your file, as you were told early in your other thread, is damaged beyond repair. We knew that when you mentioned the ASCII filter option and ###. I have checked - knowing I was wasting my time - your uploaded file, and there is no usable information in it.

Your only possibility of recovering information is the methods in the Tutorial to which you were pointed.