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Subject:Re: Word 6.0, Frame..., Page... From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:53:49 -0600
On Sat, 22 Apr 1995, Fran Freiman wrote:
> So here's my question: Does the automatic save feature (set to saving
> every so many minutes, say, five) have the same result to Word
> performance/reliability as doing a manual save? Or by relying on
> automatic save (but not fast save), am I fooling myself?
In my experience, the autosave feature will enable you to recover a file
if the system crashes, but it is only a temporary save. To be able to
open the file properly with information intact, you must save it manually.
