{"id":1734,"date":"2021-09-28T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2021-09-26T21:06:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T04:06:55","slug":"tech-libreoffice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2021\/09\/28\/tech-libreoffice\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech: LibreOffice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently tried to open some archived files, and… couldn’t. Some are old novellas I wrote for National Novel Writing Month<\/a>, and the successors (directly or indirectly)( to the word processing software I used (AppleWorks, which used a ClarisWorks file format)<\/span> has evolved to no longer recognize those files. Others files from same software’s spreadsheet feature, contained indexes of hundreds of rolls of film in my art archive,<\/em> an indexing those was effort that I am loathe to repeat. Those CWK files also<\/em> seemed to be locked to me forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, online people recommended the same in\/direct successor software that had already failed me. Despite this, I searched afresh, and read a helpful comment on someone’s similar plea for help that LibreOffice<\/a> (the successor to OpenOffice) could likely open old CWK files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LibreOffice did it! <\/strong> I was able to open both the novellas and spreadsheets immediately, and save them as modern, non-proprietary file types. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I donated to the Document Foundation<\/a> immediately, in support of their goal to help creators own their own content. I also recommend LibreOffice strongly for this purpose. <\/strong> This is a great tool. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Note: if you’ve got old files that you have been backing up but not migrating to newer software, and their content is important to you, consider translating\/converting it into contemporary, non-proprietary software formats and\/or other “archival” formats appropriate to their content type. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you really treasure something, you may also consider making hardcopies of it, if that is practical. If you don’t have access to a home printer, want it printed quickly, or want special binding, you can have your files printed in any number of sizes and formats (bound, loose leaf, printed as books) at a standard office support and copying services<\/em>. Some of my writing from the 1990s was not portable to other computer platforms or rival software packages, and so the only form I have that work in now is hardcopy. Paper works!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently tried to open some archived files, and… couldn’t. Some are old novellas I wrote for National Novel Writing Month, and the successors (directly or indirectly)( to the word processing software I used (AppleWorks, which used a ClarisWorks file format) has evolved to no longer recognize those files. Others files from same software’s spreadsheet … <\/p>\n

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