My first (and at least semi serious) suggestion is that you dump
windows, Install linux and avoid "sudden reboots".
My second (and more serious) suggestion is that you take the time to
name and save the file when you start working on it that way as you
get into the project, one mouse click or hitting cntl-s will save the
file for you.
Third (and really serious) suggestion -- don't work for an hour
without saving! You may also want to turn on the auto backup feature
so that if you do save something you will have a couple of copies.
I think that you should make sure you understand the difference
between auto recovery and auto backup -- auto recovery uses a
"working" version of your file and writes it to disk at the specified
interval, or if possible in the event of a system crash. I have
looked for the recovery data on my computer and can't find it,
(although I am sure that someone could point us to the info). Auto
backup actually keeps the last version of the file that you saved
intact as a recovery option (writes a file with a .bak extension),
If you crash while writing, when you reopen 2.0 you should get a data
recovery screen that asks you if you want to recover any docs that
were unsaved when Open Office closed -- If you never saved the
document before closing I assume it will want to recover and
"untitled" writer file.
If you are not confident that this is working, create a new document
in 2.0, type a couple of lines (I don't think you even have to wait
the 3 Mins), hit CNTL-ALT-DELETE go into task manager and end
OpenOffice.org. Then relaunch the program and see if you are
presented with the recovery console, if not I would double check your
settings.
If that works as intended, I would guess that something happened
during your unexpected reboot to prevent the recovery info from being
saved.
Andy
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On Jan 18, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Shmuel Himelstein wrote:
I've had problems with 2.0.1 (but not with 1.x), in that even
though I set
the "autorecovery" at 3 minutes, OO simply doesn't Save my files
unless I
finally instruct it manually (CTRL-S) to do so. And if I forget .
Yesterday,
as I didn't realize that that was the case, a sudden reboot lost me
an hour
or more of work.
I'm reduced to working with 1.1.15 as safety measure, but would
love to move
back to 2.0.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Shmuel
