On 06/08/2007 10:57 AM, James Knott wrote: > > I haven't verified it one way or the other. However, as I understand > it, it saves your changes, whether you've saved or not, but it doesn't > save it with your file name. It simply preserves the data for recovery > in a temp file.
I recommend that you change the path for the Temporary file. The default is /tmp. On most systems the default /tmp directory is cleaned on power down, or on power up, I can't remember which. So, if you are working on a large doc and even if it is being autosaved, if you lose power and boot back up, your Temporary autosaved file will no longer be available. You might find an older copy in the openoffice.org2/user/backup directory, but it most likely will not be as current as the /tmp file, and it will only be there if you've selected the Tools|Options|Load/Save|General|Always create backup copy option, which is not on by default. Create your own temp directory, set the 'Temporary files' path in Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Paths to that temp directory and you'll avoid that unfortunate situation. > When I create a document, the first thing I do, is a save as, with the > file name, even before I start entering the data, so I never have the > situation, where there hasn't been at least one save. I'm also in the > habit of saving at interval. > > One thing that was interesting, was watching the automatic recovery on a > VAX. One day at work, several years ago, I was creating a large > document on the VAX at work, when the system failed. After it came back > up, I watched, as the editor replayed all my keystrokes, including > errors and corrections! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
