George,
Some editors have a hot key to toggle Auto-save on or off. For those who
prefer, there's an option in one of the menus.
Steve
On Wednesday 11/13/02 12:48 George Bell wrote:
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
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