The post looks complex but it is actually pretty simple - just work slowly through it. Thanks to cwolan and Hagar Delest for bringing it to my attention.

See ODF repair tool] for instructions on using the utility. Use Google Translate to translate the instructions. It will not repair files full of # but, if you have a truncated file, it may be able to recover what is left in the file. odp, always open with Writer and display as #.Įdit: Utilitaire de réparation de fichier ODF (Utility to repair ODF files) on the French forum has a utility which can repair some corrupted files. See Why is my Writer file full of #? below for an explanation of files full of null characters. When you edit a new file the document is stored in the PC memory and the document is not written to disk until you save it, or until an AutoRecovery save takes place. These techniques only work if you have previously saved the document, or if you have enabled AutoRecovery and an AutoRecovery save has taken place. If you have lost a file, or you have a file which is full of #, or you have a file which is corrupted beyond repair and you want to find earlier versions of it or un-delete the temporary files AOO wrote while you were editing the file (which are copies of the file) then STOP USING THE PC and DO NOT POWER IT OFF until you have recovered the file so as to maximise your chance of success.

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