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  #1  
Old January 15th, 2007, 09:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
roybaylis
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I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1 minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy

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Old January 15th, 2007, 09:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

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"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1

minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy


  #3  
Old January 15th, 2007, 09:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
roybaylis
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Default "Lost" Word docs

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1

minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy



  #4  
Old January 15th, 2007, 10:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Dan Freeman
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They think they did make it clear. :-(

Dan

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1

minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy





  #5  
Old January 15th, 2007, 10:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
roybaylis
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Default "Lost" Word docs

That really helps!!!! but I can't believe I'm the only plonker to fall for
this, am I?
Have a great day.
Roy

"Dan Freeman" wrote:

They think they did make it clear. :-(

Dan

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1
minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy






  #6  
Old January 15th, 2007, 11:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default "Lost" Word docs

They did at least (many versions back) change the name from the deceptive
AutoSave to AutoRecover.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1

minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy




  #7  
Old January 16th, 2007, 12:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Dan Freeman
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Default "Lost" Word docs

No, you're not.

Hang around here and you'll see it come up almost daily.

Dan

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
That really helps!!!! but I can't believe I'm the only plonker to fall for
this, am I?
Have a great day.
Roy

"Dan Freeman" wrote:

They think they did make it clear. :-(

Dan

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to
1
minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy








  #8  
Old January 16th, 2007, 04:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Beth Melton
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Default "Lost" Word docs

The option was called AutoSave at one point then it was changed to "Save
AutoRecover information". Do you have a suggestion that could help make it
more clear?

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1

minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy





  #9  
Old January 16th, 2007, 10:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]
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Default "Lost" Word docs

Oh, no. I fell for it for a couple of years. I have been campaigning for
them to change it for ten years.

I do not know why they won't change it :-)

What they have doesn't work, it's useless. What they used to have worked
perfectly: it was what we wanted!

Mind you, it's not the reason you lost your documents. The reason you lost
your documents is because YOU didn't save them. Which, unfortunately, is
necessary under the new rules.

Cheers

On 16/1/07 8:23 AM, in article
, "roybaylis"
wrote:

That really helps!!!! but I can't believe I'm the only plonker to fall for
this, am I?
Have a great day.
Roy

"Dan Freeman" wrote:

They think they did make it clear. :-(

Dan

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1
minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy







--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

  #10  
Old January 16th, 2007, 10:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]
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Default "Lost" Word docs

Hi Beth:

Yeah: Take it away! And bring back the old mechanism that used to work.

If we must, rename the useless one to "Change logging." Because that's what
it does: it logs the changes to a file. But only if the file has already
been saved :-)

Cheers


On 16/1/07 2:55 PM, in article , "Beth
Melton" wrote:

The option was called AutoSave at one point then it was changed to "Save
AutoRecover information". Do you have a suggestion that could help make it
more clear?

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ:
http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
To think for years I have been relying on this - to no avail.
Ignorance is NOT (now) bliss!!!
Why don't Microsoft make this clearer?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There is no "autosave" in Word. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"roybaylis" wrote in message
...
I have recently lost some Word docs, despite having autosave set to 1
minute.
Journal was switched off, so no joy there.
Any ideas?!
Thanks a million.
Roy






--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 




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