Re: Further problems with OOo
On 04/15/2007 10:31 AM, andy wrote:
> My wife, using Etch, was writing a long document in OOo, went
> to go and save it as *.doc (for transport to work) and the
> document crashed. Now everything except the very earliest save
> is gone! She is *not* impressed (so much for my Linux
> advocacy!).
As for recovering, I think you are out of luck.
But it is very naive to write a document without saving often.
One of the first things users *should* learn is to save often. I
rarely write more than a paragraph or two before I hit Ctrl-S.
Also, there is an option in OOo to save AutoRecovery information
every N minutes. It is off by default on my etch system, so it
probably is on yours as well. Go to Tools -> Options and select
Load/Save -> General on the left. The fourth check box is for
saving AutoRecovery information. Sure, I think it should probably
be on by default, but it isn't, so I deal with it.
I believe this feature is on by default in MS Word, but that
doesn't make it superior.
--
Glen
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