How to Recover Auto Saved Files From Open Office
Open Office, like many office software application suites, includes an option to automatically save files. In the event of a system or application crash, these autosaved files can be recovered so that little to no data is lost. While Open Office will typically prompt you to open any automatically saved documents when you next launch the program, you may at times need to manually recover an autosaved file. The location of these files will depend on your operating system and installation.
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Instructions
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Close Open Office if it is open. Press "Alt" + "F4" on a Windows PC or "Cmd" + "Q" on Mac OS X to shut down Open Office. Wait until the application has closed completely before continuing.
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Navigate to the Open Office backup folder. The location will depend on your operating system. In all of the below examples, replace "username" with your system user login.
Windows XP and earlier:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\OpenOffice.org\user\backupWindows Vista:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice.org\user\backupLinux:
/home/username/.openoffice.org/user/backupMac OS X:
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/OpenOffice.org/user/backup -
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Look for any files ending with the extension BAK. Copy these files to another location on your system (such as the desktop).
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Rename any backup files with a new extension to match the extension used by that Open Office file type. For example, if "filename.bak" is a word processing document, rename it "filename.sdw". SDW is the file extension used by the Open Office application Writer, and is compatible with all operating systems that have Open Office installed.
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Open the file by double-clicking it. The Open Office application associated with that file will launch and display your recovered document.
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