Change how often you want Word to save documents automatically

Fellow LG and LFS Associates, This is the first installment of a weekly email from the tech support help desk. Every week you will receive a tip, trick, and simple how-to on some of MS Office's more obscure features. This week's TECH TIP is regarding Microsoft Word 2000. Did you know that Word can save the document you are working in automatically in the background? As the rhetorical question implies, you can! In fact, Word has several ways to save in the background. This tip allows you to change how often an AutoRecover temporary file is saved. We recommend setting the AutoRecover frequency to about 5 minutes.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.

2. Select the Save AutoRecover info every check box.<3. In the minutes box, enter the interval for how often you want Microsoft Word to save documents. The more frequently Word saves documents, the more information is recovered if there is a power failure or similar problem while a document is open in Word.

 

Note:  AutoRecover is not a replacement for regularly saving your documents. If you choose not to save the recovery file after Word opens it, the file is deleted and your unsaved changes are lost. If you save the recovery file, it replaces the original document (unless you specify a new file name).Next week we'll discuss another EXCITING back-up and recovery tool in Microsoft Word. Have a great week.