Can't open document
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:39 am
Hello, I am absolutely panicking. I've been working on a document for days, it's 35 pages of writing. I closed my laptop with the document open and when I came back to it an hour later, my computer had shut itself down. When I opened Open Office again, it asked me for a username and to register. I did that but when I tried to open my file, it won't!! It pops up with the message box ASCII Filter Options. No matter what I do, the document opens with a bunch of ### instead of writing. As far as I can tell, it's only this document that's been damaged.
Please tell me there's something I can do. This was a new document so I hadn't backed it up yet. I will seriously cry if I loose 35 pages of writing.
Thank you.
Edit: I forgot to add, when I attempt to open the file it says "Document file Soulmates.odt is locked for editing by: Unknown User" followed by "Open-Read Only" "Open Copy" or "Cancel". Neither button works. Everything gives me a document filled with ###.
Please tell me there's something I can do. This was a new document so I hadn't backed it up yet. I will seriously cry if I loose 35 pages of writing.
Thank you.
Edit: I forgot to add, when I attempt to open the file it says "Document file Soulmates.odt is locked for editing by: Unknown User" followed by "Open-Read Only" "Open Copy" or "Cancel". Neither button works. Everything gives me a document filled with ###.