Re: Saving documents (was: Perhaps UPSs should be used ...]

[Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com.INVALID>]

At 16:56 14/07/2020 -0400, Dan Lewis wrote:
>It is also important to save all documents on a regular basis.

True.

>Tools > Options > Load/Save > General has options that will you 
>should consider using. Just make sure to limit the number of minutes to 4 of 5.

Useful though this facility is, it is important that readers are not 
misled by this suggestion. Like all sensible applications, OpenOffice 
saves document files only when the user asks for this to happen - 
using Save or Save As or by selecting Save from the options provided 
when a modified document is closed without having been saved. This is 
important, so that a user may choose, after a period of editing, to 
abandon all changes and close the document or session without 
modifying the original document.

The option at Tools | Options... | Load/Save | General | Save | Save 
AutoRecovery information every ... Minutes has another purpose. If it 
is ticked, information about the current editing session is salted 
away regularly - but separately from the actual document file. This 
information is deleted automatically if a session is terminated 
normally. Its purpose is instead to deal with program or system 
crashes or power outages. In these circumstances an offer is made, 
when OpenOffice is next started, to recover editing changes made in 
the aborted session as far as possible.

Brian Barker  


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