[Solved] Lost special characters after upgrading

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Rodica Cretu
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[Solved] Lost special characters after upgrading

Post by Rodica Cretu »

Hello, for years I have used OpenOffice 3.1... Some of my documents were typed using the romanian keyboard that has Ş Ţ Â and other specific characters.
Recently I downloaded Appache 4.1.5 and my documents written using the romanian characters are corrupted, those special romanian characters are replaced by other strange signes.
What do I have to do : 1. how can I fix the documents that I've already opened, 2 how to save the new documents I am making, 3 how do I open the ones that I was smart enough not to open yet?
Thank you
Last edited by Rodica Cretu on Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:41 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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John_Ha
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Re: Lost special characters after upgrade

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Welcome to the forum.

See [Tutorial] Spell check and Language configuration and Choosing language settings in Chapter 2 of the Writer manual to be sure you are set up correctly. If you search the forum with language you will see many useful posts.

Are you absolutely certain that you have the fonts installed? Remember that the font showing in the Writer font drop-down selection box is the font the document is asking for. This may NOT be the font being used to create the display because, if the font being asked for is not installed on the PC, Windows (or other operating system) will silently substitute a different font which is available.

The TestFonts add-on is invaluable for finding missing fonts which the document is asking for, but which are not installed on the PC.

You can see which fonts are installed on the PC by Start > Control Panel > Fonts or by clicking C:\Windows\Fonts.

As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

Showing that a problem has been solved helps others searching so, if your problem is now solved, please view your first post in this thread and click the Edit button (top right in the post) and add [Solved] in front of the subject.
LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit

See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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