-------- Original Message -------- From: Richard Detwiler <rlsha...@aol.com> To: users@openoffice.apache.org Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:16:32 -0400
> Girvin R. Herr wrote: >> .... > >> Probably like you, I find the few seconds it takes to save the file >> irritating sometimes, especially since only about one keystroke is >> saved while it is going on. Worse, it seems destined (designed?) to >> pick a time that is the most irritating to me - just as I start >> something, rarely when I am just looking at what I have written and/or >> thinking about something. Better, would be to have the save go on in >> the background, while one continues working. If that is too dangerous, >> take a snapshot into a temporary file and save that - all in the >> background. One should not even be aware that a save is going on in >> the background. If it really bothers you, you can turn the autosave >> off in the Tools->Options dialog. I also check the "Always create >> backup file" (.bak) in the same dialog. This acts much like the old >> editors and word processors - saving the original before any editing >> takes place. The downside is the risk of losing a whole day's work, >> and the restore after LO crash function. >> Girvin Herr >> >> > > I always have auto-save off for those reasons, and instead I'm in the > habit of very frequently saving the file (which takes about half a > second using Ctrl+S (on Windows, may be different on other operating > systems). That way, the save can happen when I want it to (like when I'm > looking at what I've written or thinking about something ...). > > Also, I don't know if this is the case with auto-save, but when manually > saving, I'm pretty sure that things can not be "undone" prior to the > save. If this is indeed the case with auto-save, this is another very > good reason not to use it. You may have done something you really want > to undo, but if the auto-save happens, you can't. (Again, I'm not > positive whether this is the case with auto-save like with manual save, > but I'm guessing it may be.) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
