Open office Calc help for damaged file

[Thilan]

Edited title, was: Open office Calc Help

i am using open office 4.1.5 and calc
most of time when i used it this error comes
but i am not able to find a solution for this
can any one help me please

[floris v]

Do you select the correct character set or language? Try to open the file in Notepad and make sure that it's actually English.

Also please don't post a question twice.

[Jeff]

Hi and welcome,

It's possible your file is corrupted.

It's a strange idea to save in xls format, if your file was in ods format, you will can recuperate data, but here...

Regards

[John_Ha]

Your file is totally corrupted and has no user data.

Follow the instructions for recovering .doc files in [Tutorial] How to find and un-delete AOO temporary files for detailed instructions on how to

a) use Previous Versions (W7 and later) to recover previous versions of the file (is there something similar on MacOS and Linux?);

b) recover your file as it was when you last opened or saved it, or as it was when it was last saved with AutoRecovery;

c) find previous versions of the file in the folder it is located in, but which have since been deleted.

As it is a .xls file there are no temporary files to recover.

[Thilan]

Thank you very much for helping