

(For spreadsheet, Calc or ODS documents, instead use the " Insert -> Sheet from File" menu option.)Ĥ) Find backups.

Go to the " Insert -> File" menu and insert your corrupted file. Try the following to recover OpenOffice data (and make sure you have a backup of the original problem file, just in case):Ģ) Do you have the latest version of installed? If not, download it, install it, and try to open the file again.ģ) Insert the file. The file 'file.odt' could not be repaired and therefore cannot be opened.Ī little intimidating, and not good to see. The file 'file.odt' is corrupt and therefore cannot be opened. You might see scary error messages like these:įormat Error discovered in the file in sub-document styles.xml at 2,2568(row,col) So you've been using and you have a corrupted file in programs like Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math or Writer.
