The Powerpoint (or Impress) files are initially saved together with other service components in a work folder created at Home/Documents/1-SHEDDINGDEAN/SERVICE FILES/2019/. Then OpenLP is launched and the file imported from this work folder in the usual way and stored by OpenLP.<br>
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In following your line of enquiry I checked to see where the OpenLP .ozs files are actually being stored and was surprised to find that there was only one file in the default location: /home/sheddingdean/.local/share/openlp/SERVICES/Service 20181014.osz
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If I launch OpenLP and go to load a service it lists all the many currently available files as expected. I have now found these files at Home/Documents/1-SHEDDINGDEAN/OpenLP Services/SERVICES/. The .../OpenLP Services/ folder appears to contain a duplicate set of the folders found in the default storage location but with different contents.
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Launching OpenLP and going to the Advanced Settings dialogue shows the current storage location of files as the expected default, not where they actually are even though it finds them.<br>
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I now wonder if the problem we are experiencing is due to an inadvertent change in storage location declarations made when OpenLP was first installed. Clearly, it is storing and reading files from the alternative location even though this is not shown in the Settings dialogue. Perhaps when OpenLP looks to open the data files the second time around it goes to the default, not the actual, locations and then gets lost?<br>
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The solution would seem to be a clean install of OpenLP, making sure not to change any default file locations. I shall report back when this is done.
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Many thanks for the help so far!<br>