[duxuser] Autosave - was - dbt setup
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:48:29 -0000
Hi Catherine,
I suspect the "autosave" process is misunderstood. There are actually a number
of processes involved here.
Here's what ACTUALLY happens - certainly as far as Word is concerned.
1) When you start editing a document on Word, you are actually editing a COPY
of your original file, NOT the actual file. Only when you purposely Save, is
your original file overwritten.
2) If you have "autosave" active, it actually creates a new file, different
from the temporary file with a dot asd extension. This is like a snapshot in
time, taken at intervals you specify.
3) If you do NOT have autosave active, then "auto-recover" takes over and
finds the temporary file, or you have the option to use the last saved version.
In theory, if you have a brown out (power cut) you are able to recover to a
very recent stage, or use your original file.
As regards what will be the default, the jury is still out. Personally, I
favour one of these pop up windows, which says, "Do you want to activate
Auto-save? - Yes/No", and for the benefit of users who get fed up with being
asked, an option which says "Don't show me this window again!"
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Catherine Thomas [mailto:braille@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 November 2002 21:49
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: dbt setup
>
>
> Auto-save is a case and point. If this feature were part of DBT, some
> would like it and some would not. If autosave was the
> default, some people
> would have problems because files were being saved with
> changes they never
> intended to save. If autosave were not the default, some
> users might like
> to have it. Without a document however, showing the different
> defaults and
> options, there would be questions and problems all over the list from
> users getting braille reults they did not want and not knowing why.
> Catherine
>
>
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