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(really) saving with Word

  • 19-01-2005 9:59am
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    How is it that when you save a document in Word (ctrl-S, not autosave) whie you're working on it, when the program crashes two minutes later, the saved information is lost when you re-open the file. Does it
    a) not really save the file, but save a copy in memory, to save at a later date
    b) save it to the actual file, but then re-overwrite it with its previous saved-state on crashing
    c) some other messing?


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  • #2
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    OK, it turns out it's the quick save option. Don't ever use it, it's rubbish.
    With this activated (in Tools, Options), Word doesn't actually save the document when you hit Ctrl-S, but saves the changes made, at the end of the document. So when it crashes, all is lost.
    Furthermore, when making edits to large files, once you save, the file size increases dramatically. I opened a 120 page doc, removed all the pictures and saved (with quck save enabled). The file increased in size. I reopened it, deleted 3.4 of the text and saved. The file got bigger again.
    Just so you know, this option is BALLS.


  • #3
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Aye, turn off quick save. Utterly useless, utterly unreliable. Plus it saves the changes every time rather than saving the changed document (if that makes sense as badly explained), hence the big file size jumps. With it off CTRL-S (or shift-F12 if you're that way inclined like me) will work the way the gods intended it to. You've probably got one of those ~wrl(something).tmp files somewhere with all your changes but you probably won't be able to open that and have readable text with anything shy of a hex editor anyway.


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