My saved file opens as a string of hashes

I saved a text file in wod format, but whe I came to reopen it, it appears as just a long continuous string of hashes.

@Gallagher,

Do you reopen the file with LibO Writer? Can you save a simple file, just type some groups of X, and attach it?

wod format,

Never heard of such a format. What is it?

The file is corrupted beyond repair and contains only nulls.

See [Tutorial] How to recover corrupted, broken, lost or deleted files, and those with #####