[JPh12]

Is there a way in MS Word 2003 to show that a document is left unsaved (with a * appended to the filename for instance, as is customary in other text processors)?

[Peter T. Daniels]

On Jul 2, 4:56*pm, JPh12 wrote:
Is there a way in MS Word 2003 to show that a document is left unsaved
(with a * appended to the filename for instance, as is customary in
other text processors)?

Well, when you Close it (either with the Close box or with Ctrl-W), it
asks you whether to save the changes ...

[JPh12]

Originally Posted by Peter T. Daniels

On Jul 2, 4:56*pm,
Well, when you Close it (either with the Close box or with Ctrl-W), it
asks you whether to save the changes ...

Indeed. The problem is when you haven't saved the file and you're not closing it the status of the file is unknown. As a result, a file can remain unsaved and therefore vulnerable to a computer crash.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Considerably less vulnerable in Word 2010, which not only creates
AutoRecovery backups at intervals but also, if you have your Options set to
permit it, will save the last backup even if you opt not to save the file
(accessible via Recover Unsaved Versions). It also manages to recover very
gracefully from most disasters, saving as it crashes. An actual computer
crash, of course, is not so forgiving, but the backups again would be
helpful.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"JPh12" wrote in message
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Peter T. Daniels;492739 Wrote:
On Jul 2, 4:56*pm,
Well, when you Close it (either with the Close box or with Ctrl-W), it
asks you whether to save the changes ...

Indeed. The problem is when you haven't saved the file and you're not
closing it the status of the file is unknown. As a result, a file can
remain unsaved and therefore vulnerable to a computer crash.




--
JPh12

[JPh12]

I'm coming back to this thread because I experienced an error during a long spell-checking session. Word crashed and even though I have my Autorecovery set to 5 minutes, the recovered file was much older (an hour). This happened before. It looks like Autorecovery is not active while spell checking. True?

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

As far as I know, that isn't possible in Word. The next best thing is
the following: You can use an add-in, created by fellow MVP Graham
Mayor, to either save automatically or to remind you of saving. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/SaveReminder.zip. (To read more on saving and
backing up in Word, see http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm.)

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





On 2012-07-02 22:56, JPh12 wrote:
Is there a way in MS Word 2003 to show that a document is left unsaved
(with a * appended to the filename for instance, as is customary in
other text processors)?