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Saving what to where?
I've got Word 2003 running under XP-Pro, and a fairly large document on the
screen. I'm working in the Print Layout View because I have a lot of graphics sprinkled throughout the 50 or so pages and need to scoot them around. All too frequently, the little 'save' icon (black floppy disc symbol) pops up at the bottom of the screen, next to that little picture of the book and pencil. While the disc icon is visible the keyboard freezes for 10 to 15 seconds. I tried to find out what "background saves" are with the online Help utility, but can't find a descripton anywhere. I have this turned off anyway, and my auto-recovery is set for 15 minutes. Just what is being saved so frequently, maybe every 3 to 5 minutes, and why? It really slows down work. |
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Saving what to where?
A "background save" allows Word to save the document while you continue
working. It happens only when you explicitly choose the Save command. If you see the Save icon in the status bar at any other time, this would be an AutoRecovery Save, and it should be happening at the interval you set. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... I've got Word 2003 running under XP-Pro, and a fairly large document on the screen. I'm working in the Print Layout View because I have a lot of graphics sprinkled throughout the 50 or so pages and need to scoot them around. All too frequently, the little 'save' icon (black floppy disc symbol) pops up at the bottom of the screen, next to that little picture of the book and pencil. While the disc icon is visible the keyboard freezes for 10 to 15 seconds. I tried to find out what "background saves" are with the online Help utility, but can't find a descripton anywhere. I have this turned off anyway, and my auto-recovery is set for 15 minutes. Just what is being saved so frequently, maybe every 3 to 5 minutes, and why? It really slows down work. |
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Saving what to where?
Well,
I'm beginning to think that my computer's haunted. The AutoRecover is definitely set for 15 minutes, but that little icon pops up every 3 or 4. What's more, it 'pulses,' changing size within the status bar up and down by 20% or so, seemingly mocking my attempts to complete this document. I have not noticed this before and wonder if the .doc has some supreme violation embedded within it. Certainly not something I can't live with for now; thanks much! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A "background save" allows Word to save the document while you continue working. It happens only when you explicitly choose the Save command. If you see the Save icon in the status bar at any other time, this would be an AutoRecovery Save, and it should be happening at the interval you set. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... I've got Word 2003 running under XP-Pro, and a fairly large document on the screen. I'm working in the Print Layout View because I have a lot of graphics sprinkled throughout the 50 or so pages and need to scoot them around. All too frequently, the little 'save' icon (black floppy disc symbol) pops up at the bottom of the screen, next to that little picture of the book and pencil. While the disc icon is visible the keyboard freezes for 10 to 15 seconds. I tried to find out what "background saves" are with the online Help utility, but can't find a descripton anywhere. I have this turned off anyway, and my auto-recovery is set for 15 minutes. Just what is being saved so frequently, maybe every 3 to 5 minutes, and why? It really slows down work. |
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Saving what to where?
If the save operation is preventing you from typing or editing while it's
pulsing, that would be due to your having background saves disabled (ordinarily there is no good reason for disabling that), though that's not an explanation of why Word is saving the document in the first place. Beyond that, I'm not sure what to say. This happens in only one document? Do you notice it just after you have moved a graphic? Could be that Word is saving some sort of temp file. If you use Help | Detect and Repair, does Word find anything to repair? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... Well, I'm beginning to think that my computer's haunted. The AutoRecover is definitely set for 15 minutes, but that little icon pops up every 3 or 4. What's more, it 'pulses,' changing size within the status bar up and down by 20% or so, seemingly mocking my attempts to complete this document. I have not noticed this before and wonder if the .doc has some supreme violation embedded within it. Certainly not something I can't live with for now; thanks much! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A "background save" allows Word to save the document while you continue working. It happens only when you explicitly choose the Save command. If you see the Save icon in the status bar at any other time, this would be an AutoRecovery Save, and it should be happening at the interval you set. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... I've got Word 2003 running under XP-Pro, and a fairly large document on the screen. I'm working in the Print Layout View because I have a lot of graphics sprinkled throughout the 50 or so pages and need to scoot them around. All too frequently, the little 'save' icon (black floppy disc symbol) pops up at the bottom of the screen, next to that little picture of the book and pencil. While the disc icon is visible the keyboard freezes for 10 to 15 seconds. I tried to find out what "background saves" are with the online Help utility, but can't find a descripton anywhere. I have this turned off anyway, and my auto-recovery is set for 15 minutes. Just what is being saved so frequently, maybe every 3 to 5 minutes, and why? It really slows down work. |
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Saving what to where?
When I've had a really big and complicated document open in Print
Layout View, it would pause to Repaginate after almost any operation. When I switched to Normal View, it stopped doing that. Maybe that's what's going on here. On Feb 24, 12:44*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the save operation is preventing you from typing or editing while it's pulsing, that would be due to your having background saves disabled (ordinarily there is no good reason for disabling that), though that's not an explanation of why Word is saving the document in the first place. Beyond that, I'm not sure what to say. This happens in only one document? Do you notice it just after you have moved a graphic? Could be that Word is saving some sort of temp file. If you use Help | Detect and Repair, does Word find anything to repair? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... Well, I'm beginning to think that my computer's haunted. *The AutoRecover is definitely set for 15 minutes, but that little icon pops up every 3 or 4.. What's more, it 'pulses,' changing size within the status bar up and down by 20% or so, seemingly mocking my attempts to complete this document. *I have not noticed this before and wonder if the .doc has some supreme violation embedded within it. *Certainly not something I can't live with for now; thanks much! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A "background save" allows Word to save the document while you continue working. It happens only when you explicitly choose the Save command. If you see the Save icon in the status bar at any other time, this would be an AutoRecovery Save, and it should be happening at the interval you set. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... I've got Word 2003 running under XP-Pro, and a fairly large document on the screen. *I'm working in the Print Layout View because I have a lot of graphics sprinkled throughout the 50 or so pages and need to scoot them around. *All too frequently, the little 'save' icon (black floppy disc symbol) pops up at the bottom of the screen, next to that little picture of the book and pencil. *While the disc icon is visible the keyboard freezes for 10 to 15 seconds. I tried to find out what "background saves" are with the online Help utility, but can't find a descripton anywhere. *I have this turned off anyway, and my auto-recovery is set for 15 minutes. *Just what is being saved so frequently, maybe every 3 to 5 minutes, and why? *It really slows down work.- |
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But repagination shouldn't make the Save icon in the status bar pulse, I
don't think. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... When I've had a really big and complicated document open in Print Layout View, it would pause to Repaginate after almost any operation. When I switched to Normal View, it stopped doing that. Maybe that's what's going on here. On Feb 24, 12:44 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the save operation is preventing you from typing or editing while it's pulsing, that would be due to your having background saves disabled (ordinarily there is no good reason for disabling that), though that's not an explanation of why Word is saving the document in the first place. Beyond that, I'm not sure what to say. This happens in only one document? Do you notice it just after you have moved a graphic? Could be that Word is saving some sort of temp file. If you use Help | Detect and Repair, does Word find anything to repair? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... Well, I'm beginning to think that my computer's haunted. The AutoRecover is definitely set for 15 minutes, but that little icon pops up every 3 or 4. What's more, it 'pulses,' changing size within the status bar up and down by 20% or so, seemingly mocking my attempts to complete this document. I have not noticed this before and wonder if the .doc has some supreme violation embedded within it. Certainly not something I can't live with for now; thanks much! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A "background save" allows Word to save the document while you continue working. It happens only when you explicitly choose the Save command. If you see the Save icon in the status bar at any other time, this would be an AutoRecovery Save, and it should be happening at the interval you set. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... I've got Word 2003 running under XP-Pro, and a fairly large document on the screen. I'm working in the Print Layout View because I have a lot of graphics sprinkled throughout the 50 or so pages and need to scoot them around. All too frequently, the little 'save' icon (black floppy disc symbol) pops up at the bottom of the screen, next to that little picture of the book and pencil. While the disc icon is visible the keyboard freezes for 10 to 15 seconds. I tried to find out what "background saves" are with the online Help utility, but can't find a descripton anywhere. I have this turned off anyway, and my auto-recovery is set for 15 minutes. Just what is being saved so frequently, maybe every 3 to 5 minutes, and why? It really slows down work.- |
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Saving what to where?
There is something going on down there during the process, but it's
been a while since I've seen it. On Feb 24, 7:54*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: But repagination shouldn't make the Save icon in the status bar pulse, I don't think. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... When I've had a really big and complicated document open in Print Layout View, it would pause to Repaginate after almost any operation. When I switched to Normal View, it stopped doing that. Maybe that's what's going on here. On Feb 24, 12:44 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If the save operation is preventing you from typing or editing while it's pulsing, that would be due to your having background saves disabled (ordinarily there is no good reason for disabling that), though that's not an explanation of why Word is saving the document in the first place. Beyond that, I'm not sure what to say. This happens in only one document? Do you notice it just after you have moved a graphic? Could be that Word is saving some sort of temp file. If you use Help | Detect and Repair, does Word find anything to repair? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... Well, I'm beginning to think that my computer's haunted. The AutoRecover is definitely set for 15 minutes, but that little icon pops up every 3 or 4. What's more, it 'pulses,' changing size within the status bar up and down by 20% or so, seemingly mocking my attempts to complete this document. I have not noticed this before and wonder if the .doc has some supreme violation embedded within it. Certainly not something I can't live with for now; thanks much! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A "background save" allows Word to save the document while you continue working. It happens only when you explicitly choose the Save command. If you see the Save icon in the status bar at any other time, this would be an AutoRecovery Save, and it should be happening at the interval you set.. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jim Wood" wrote in message ... I've got Word 2003 running under XP-Pro, and a fairly large document on the screen. I'm working in the Print Layout View because I have a lot of graphics sprinkled throughout the 50 or so pages and need to scoot them around. All too frequently, the little 'save' icon (black floppy disc symbol) pops up at the bottom of the screen, next to that little picture of the book and pencil. While the disc icon is visible the keyboard freezes for 10 to 15 seconds. I tried to find out what "background saves" are with the online Help utility, but can't find a descripton anywhere. I have this turned off anyway, and my auto-recovery is set for 15 minutes. Just what is being saved so frequently, maybe every 3 to 5 minutes, and why? It really slows down work.- |
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