Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice 4 corrupting Calc files

On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com>wrote:

> 2014-03-02 7:00 GMT+01:00 "J. Van Brimmer" <jerry.vb@gmail.com>:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm new to the list, so if this is an inappropriate subject, please let
> me
> > know.
> >
> > I am using Libreoffice on Manjaro Linux. Over the last several months the
> > version has been regularly updated. The currently installed version is:
> > "Version: 4.1.5.3
> > Build ID: 4.1.5.3 Arch Linux build-1". I have been using Manjaro for
> about
> > six months. Over this time I have been using Libreoffice to update some
> > Calc spreadsheets that I created to keep track of my finances. There is
> > only one of those files that occasionally gets corrupted. It's always the
> > same file, and only this one file that gets corrupted. I keep the files
> on
> > a USB drive. I always save the file, close Libreoffice, and unmount the
> > drive before removing it from the computer. I have no forewarning that
> the
> > file is corrupt until the next time I open it. When I open the file when
> > its corrupted, I get this window:
> > Screenshot<
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/aak5y545qsmhe30/Screenshot_TextImport_2014-03-01.png
> > >
> > ​.  Nothing I try can get Libreoffice to open or repair the file. ​
> > ​But​
> > ​, if ​
> > ​I open the file with Libreoffice 3 on my Debian system, I am offered a
> > window that asks me if I want Libreoffice to repair the file. If I click
> on
> > 'Yes' Libreoffice 3 completes the repair and I see the spreadsheet. The
> > only strange thing that I notice about the repaired file is that the last
> > chart I had created is only a placeholder. I then delete the placeholder
> > and recreate the chart. If I then save an​
> > ​​d close the file, and reopen it in Libreoffice 4, it opens fine until
> the
> > next time it gets corrupted. I don't know how to cause the problem, other
> > that to keep opening the file until it happens.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this problem? Is there anything I should try?
> I have seen a problem that seems to be similar, but that was an earlier
> version of LibreOffice, I think 3.7.something. It corrupted a spreadsheet
> for me and I couldn't repair it with LibreOffice, so I installed Apache
> OpenOffice and opened it. Apache OpenOffice repaired the file for me and I
> have been using it ever since, and since then the spreadsheet never got
> corrupted again.
>
> That's probably not the solution you are looking for, I just wanted to say
> that you are probably not the only one who had this problem, but I'm not
> 100% sure it's the same bug.
>
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
​Thanks for that info Johnny. Gives me something to think about.​




-- 
Jerry Van Brimmer

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