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Date:	Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:15:26 -0700
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Can I recover an OpenOffice text document?

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J R FOX wrote:
> --- Colin Campbell wrote:
>
>> I had not saved the file, nor had I set an
>> AutoSave option.
>
>> Is there a way to get that information back?
>
> Probably not. I've had this happen -- with other
> app.s -- every once in a while, and it's a PITA for
> sure. But a lot of app.s have an AutoSave feature.
> My circa-very-early-'90s DOS word processor has it. I
> must admit that I almost never turn it on, though, as
> its functioning provides a brief but noticeable pause
> and distraction. So, that choice is all on me.
> However, certain types of crashes or mishaps with that
> program (quite rare) are likely to throw off some sort
> of temp file with an obvious gibberish name, and this
> has been a semi-salvation in some cases.
>
>
> Jordan
>
>
Well, the AutoSave is on now, for all the good it does me on this
document. I just went to sleep when setting up OO, and never finished
protecting myself.
Colin

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