> > I worked on a paper for several hours that was work-related. Several > conference calls had to be made, and I was interrupted several times as > well. To gather all of the information was time consuming, to say the > least, > then all of a sudden my computer was froze and I wasn't able to even save > my > work. The doc was several pages and full of important dates/facts. I > frequently save work on line, but don't usually need to save work on my > writing programs in general. The only option was to cancel or "end now". > Cancelling only keeps you in that "frozen" state indefinitely, and "end > now" > was the only option I had, unless I exited from the computer/shut down, > etc. > Is there anyway to prevent having to lose all the data in the future other > than continuously "saving" every few minutes? Additionally, is there any > way to possibly recover my documents that have been lost due to this > problem > in the past? I figure, if the detectives/computer experts can retrieve any > data ever completed, and any searches on-line, etc. etc. for court > evidence, > and everything remains stored forever on the computer, then there has to > be > a way for the user to recover it as well. Am I wrong? I've lost so many > documents/papers over the past 10 years for various reasons, and so much > time is wasted. As soon as you drop your guard and don't save every > paragraph, that's when it happens. I'll appreciate any help regarding this > question I can get! Thank You! B. Moore email address > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It is frustrating to say the least. OpenOffice does automatically create backups (the default is set for every 15 minutes). Have a look under where you have your user settings for a folder called 'backup'.
Alternatively when you next start OpenOffice there should also be the option to 'recover' your lost document. Some options for preventing this would be to reduce the time interval from 15 minutes to 1 minute. Just remember to save frequently (it only takes a little time, but it does save alot of grief). And remember - not everything you see on CSI is possible. /paul -- For those that love Pandora, but don't live in the USA : http://globalpandora.com/
