Need help with dead ODS file

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KatyaD
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Need help with dead ODS file

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Hi, for no obvious reason one of my Open Office documents died. Now it says General mistake, the file can't be open or recovered. I attched this file to this post. Could anyone help me please? :alarm:
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Re: Need help with an ODC file

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Or this one, this one seems still to have 70 kb in it.
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Sorry, I cannot get anything out of either file.

Have you looked at this tutorial on recovering temporary versions?
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I confirm - nothing from either file.
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It is important that, in the event one has a corrupt file for whatever reason, such file be preserved unchanged - i.e., do not Save over it, as that will almost certainly overwrite any data that might have remained.
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Re: Need help with an ODS file

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Thank you everyone who tried to help!
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he tutorial linked by FJCC in the first reply might help recover something, but perhaps too much time has elapsed for that to be successful.
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