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Ctrl+S vs Auto Save
I was suggesting to one co-worker who lost his document that he should get in
the habit of using Ctrl+S frequently. Another associate chimed in that the AutoSave feature accomplished the same thing. I disagree so am writing to you for your opinion. Should users rely on AutoSave or frequent saving manually? Thanks |
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No, AutoSave is not the same as pressing Ctrl+S or File|Save. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/AutomaticSave.htm for more info. Ms Diva wrote: I was suggesting to one co-worker who lost his document that he should get in the habit of using Ctrl+S frequently. Another associate chimed in that the AutoSave feature accomplished the same thing. I disagree so am writing to you for your opinion. Should users rely on AutoSave or frequent saving manually? Thanks |
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G'Day Ms Diva,
Word used to have an "AutoSave" facility which did NOT AutoSave, but saved the current Edit State as a Recovery File. If Word was terminated abnormally, one could recover that Edit State. The original file was therefore untouched unless the User explicitly executed File Save (CTRL-S) Then Microsoft introduced an Excel "AutoSave" addin that did precisely that - it executed a File Save on behalf of the User. The original file was overwritten. The Word feature, although substantially unchanged, was renamed "AutoRecover" and works exactly as before. Since the "AutoRecover" is set up for (say) every 10 min, if there is a System failure/crash, the greatest loss of work wil be 10 minutes worth. In Summary: FileSave saves the work and overwrites the original document. "AutoRecover" periodically saves the Edit State in a Recovery file. If Word terminates normally, the Recovery file(s) are deleted. If Word terminates abnormally, the User is offered a choice of the Recovered Edit or the original document. -- Regards, Pat Garard Australia _______________________ "Ms Diva" Ms wrote in message ... I was suggesting to one co-worker who lost his document that he should get in the habit of using Ctrl+S frequently. Another associate chimed in that the AutoSave feature accomplished the same thing. I disagree so am writing to you for your opinion. Should users rely on AutoSave or frequent saving manually? Thanks |
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