Sunday, September 05, 2004
Here's a disaster recovery trick
Security is more than playing cops and robbers (if you're doing it right). Protecting your data includes protecting it against sprinkler malfunctions, accidents, and software bugs.
One common disaster is saving a document in Microsoft Office and then not being able to open it again. Office has some recovery features, but you can also try to fix the document by opening it in a free software package called OpenOffice.
OpenOffice is a work-alike for Microsoft Office that Small Business Computing listed in the top 10 small business software packages of 2003. Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends points out OpenOffice is also good for home users and maybe for big companies. You can often use OpenOffice to read an Office document when Office can't read it. Then re-save the document and it's fixed.
You can read more about OpenOffice and download a copy from the project web site.
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One common disaster is saving a document in Microsoft Office and then not being able to open it again. Office has some recovery features, but you can also try to fix the document by opening it in a free software package called OpenOffice.
OpenOffice is a work-alike for Microsoft Office that Small Business Computing listed in the top 10 small business software packages of 2003. Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends points out OpenOffice is also good for home users and maybe for big companies. You can often use OpenOffice to read an Office document when Office can't read it. Then re-save the document and it's fixed.
You can read more about OpenOffice and download a copy from the project web site.
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