[Solved] OLE Objects Lost

[James Bejon]

Dear All,

I have a Text document with multiple Spreadsheets embedded in it as OLE objects. They’ve been fine for weeks now, but suddenly appear as shown below.

Any idea what’s happened?

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James.

[Hagar Delest]

There are some very old topics about that issue, like this one: [Issue] Missing objects and footers. It may help.
Else, can you try LibreOffice? It is under much active development, it may do better. See the [Tutorial] Considering a Switch from OpenOffice to LibreOffice? Some Useful Information.

[James Bejon]

Thanks for the response—helpful thread.

I’m starting to wonder if, as I’ve pasted in a table from a spreadsheet, then deleted it, then pasted in another one (ad infinitum), my file has become bloated because it hasn’t truly deleted the older attempts. Any way I can check that?

[robleyd]

You might want to look at Tools | Options | OpenOffice Writer | View and ensure Display graphics and objects is checked.

[James Bejon]

Thanks for the suggestion. Was ticked though.

As it happens, all the images have disappeared now. (First time round it was the spreadsheets.) I fear that I may have to look for a different software solution. From what I can tell from googling around, it’s an intermittent issue which no-one’s really been able to fix.

[Hagar Delest]

That's why LibreOffice should be a good bet as a replacement.

[James Bejon]

Yes, that might be the way to go. Though I did see reports of the same issue on there.

It’s a pity, as I very much like OpenOffice’s interface.

[RoryOF]

Using Linux, years ago I disabled /Tools /Options /Load-Save /General: "Save AutoRecovery information every x minutes" ,and "Always create backup copy" (this latter because my network server doesn't like it). I have lost no images in OO Writer or OO Impress since.

However, I CANNOT guarantee this will work for anyone. It seems to work for me using Linux. I have not tried it using Windows. I am also meticulous in Saving my files (Ctrl S regularly and instinctively).

[LastUnicorn]

It’s a pity, as I very much like OpenOffice’s interface.

If you mean you like LibreOffice to look a bit like OpenOffice then try this theme: Galaxy icon theme

I use it in LibreOffice 7.4.7.2 and it still seems to work just fine.

[James Bejon]

Using Linux, years ago I disabled /Tools /Options /Load-Save /General: "Save AutoRecovery information every x minutes" ,and "Always create backup copy" (this latter because my network server doesn't like it). I have lost no images in OO Writer or OO Impress since.

However, I CANNOT guarantee this will work for anyone. It seems to work for me using Linux. I have not tried it using Windows. I am also meticulous in Saving my files (Ctrl S regularly and instinctively).

I did see that recommended somewhere (possibly by you!), and I did it. The images went soon after that. I’ll plug a way for a bit longer, and if it happens again, give LibreOffice a go I think.

[RoryOF]

LibreOffice spent 44K euro(?) some years ago (perhaps 6 or 7?) in solving this and associated problems; there have however been some (very few) reports of image loss in post-fix LibreOffice versions, which may be due to User errors.

[James Bejon]

Good to know, thanks.

I wonder if that also fixed the spreadsheet issue. They happened at very similar times for me.

[James Bejon]

That's why LibreOffice should be a good bet as a replacement.

Thanks for the advice. I’m finding LibreOffice pretty much fine. The only problem so far is that pasted in Calcs/Spreadsheets make a bit of a mess of Hebrew, but it’s not too bad.

[Hagar Delest]

Don't hesitate to open a new topic in the Calc section for that. That would be strange that a formatting issue would be worse in LO than in AOO.