I was just finishing up a 3,000 word stretch of writing, and when i went to SAVE i got an error message saying my Open Office Writer couldn't write the file. I panicked, opened a new document and pasted it all in there, then quickly emailed it to myself. I am thanking my lucky stars that I actually remembered to do that, because not five seconds later i got another error message saying that Open Office had CRASHED and my file might not be recovered.
I don't think I can ever trust my word processor again. Has this happened to anyone else? What should I do? It seems to be working fine now, but I really don't want to take any chances!
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Nov 5, 2009 - 23 33
Oh my.
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But this is why I write in Wordpad. xD
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Straydog- 2009 WIP
Puppy Love- 2008 (21,000)
Pearl Creek- (9,242) & Afterglow- 2007 (12,176)
The Boomerang Effect- 2006 (50,651)
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Nov 5, 2009 - 23 40
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But this is why I write in Wordpad. xD
Ooh, good idea! I don't need anything fancy, just text.
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Nov 5, 2009 - 23 43
I've had Open Office Writer crash on me in the middle of writing important school papers so many times, it's stopped being a frustration, haha. Luckily, most of the time the recovery manager DOES restore my document exactly as it was before it crashed--although that may be because of how often I have Open Office autosave and the fact that I usually hit ctrl+s at the end of every sentence I write as a precaution. xD
So far, I've had my word processor do one really scary crash (and this is a processor that doesn't have a recovery manager), but I was smart and backed my novel up to Google Docs, so I only had to rewrite a few sentences. Good on you for backing yours up so quickly! I'd hate for you to have to rewrite. D:
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Nov 5, 2009 - 23 49
Yeah, it came back to me. It's a new program for me, i had no idea it was going to do that! As long as i'm as careful as you are i should probably be fine.
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Nov 6, 2009 - 05 09
Wow. That's distressing. I've never had OO crash on me at random. I've lost files when power went out, but never had a real crash. Hope you get your program fixed. And huge props for saving your work!
----------If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise – attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. (H. G. Wells)
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Nov 6, 2009 - 06 59
I was not so lucky. I woke up this morning to find my OO had lost most of my story! Despite the autosave, I went from 5335 words last night to only 1745 words this morning! Two days worth of work gone!
----------I am about ready to throw in the towel....or run out and buy Microsoft Word.
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Nov 6, 2009 - 07 15
Anyone looking for something more reliable than Open Office but more exciting that Wordpad or Notepad, try Rough Draft: http://www.salsbury.f2s.com/rd.htm It's like a baby version of MS Word. But you can't change the language so it's stuck in American English. I love this programme, you can even tab documents in one window! It has a setting for writing fiction as well.
Commiserations to everyone who's lost work to Open Office *hugs and e-cookies for all*
----------Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality
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Nov 6, 2009 - 07 32
That's never happened to me, but thanks for the 411. I just pasted a version into Google Docs to be sure.
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Nov 6, 2009 - 10 03
OpenOffice has crashed on me a few times, last night I lost a ton of work. I've decided to stop working on my laptop and send everything to my linux desktop, which tends to crash less and have better recovery.
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Nov 6, 2009 - 13 34
Word works really well for me, so I don't have a lot of problems. My laptop has a really fiddly power supply too, and the battery wore out ages ago, so at any given time my computer could just shut off randomly. I love programs like Firefox and Word that save your information at times like this, it has saved my butt so many times.
----------2006: The Red Raven (Pure Fantasy) - 6k
2007: Kismet Knot (Fantasy/Adventure) - 30k
2008: The Scarlet Twins (Fantasy/Parody) - 10k
2009: To Paint a Butterfly (Short Stories) - See Wordcount
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Nov 6, 2009 - 18 50
Anything really has the potential to crash. Just gotta be careful and take your precautions really. But thank god that you were lucky enough!