I HATE BILL GATES!!!!!!!!!!

[sledgemeister]

I was in the middle of typing up a report. Only four pages, but it was hard to write because it was full of footnotes and legal cites. I go to the bathroom, then I let the dog out. When I come back, I find that my computer has restarted itself to download updates I didn't ask for, or want! Again! I lost an hour and a half of what are now non-billable hours because the folks at Microsoft don't trust me to decide whether or not I want their freaking updates. Again!
I hate Bill gates! I want him raped by gay monkeys. I want him to be Rosie O'Donnel's loofah boy, helping her wash those "hard to reach places". I want him to be Nancy Pelosi's bathroom mirror, condemned to say "You're the fairest of them all" every day. I want him .....well, I think that about covers it.
FQ13 who feels oddly better now

so dont suppose you still have the box it came with?

Sledge who reccommends pad of paper and pen for FQ 

[Timothy]

I thought MS Word auto saved by default?  You must have broke yours FQ...

And what you need to do is develop what's called the 'artist twitch',  I compulsively have to hit CTRL+S while working.  Its like being possessed.

I don't use word but I'm using Solidworks, AutoCad, or our company MRP system all day long.  CTRL+S is a ingrained habit after twenty plus years, about every ten minutes, my little fingers just do it.

Losing four pages of a word document is nothing compared to 10 hours of solid modeling work.  Look in the help files and find where it teaches you to auto-save your documents on a timely basis and to a location of YOUR choice so it's easier to locate after a system malfunction.

[TAB]

Word does not auto save, it always promps you to save when you close the window, but if it crashes or is hard booted like with a auto restart, it does not.

[Pathfinder]

Word does not auto save, it always promps you to save when you close the window, but if it crashes or is hard booted like with a auto restart, it does not.

Wrong!

Word autosaves. I have Office 2010, here's the help on it:

Enable and adjust AutoRecover and AutoSave
To enable these features, do the following in one of these Microsoft Office programs:

Excel, PowerPoint, or Word

Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Program Name Options.
Click Save.
Select the Save AutoRecover information every x minutes check box.
In the minutes list, specify how often you want the program to save your data and the program state.
Tip  The amount of new information that the recovered file contains depends on how frequently a Microsoft Office program saves the recovery file. For example, if the recovery file is saved only every 15 minutes, your recovered file won't contain your last 14 minutes of work before the power failure or other problem occurred.

Optionally, in Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Office Excel, you can change the location (specified in the AutoRecover file location box) where the program automatically saves a version of files you work on.
Outlook

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Preferences tab, click E-mail Options, and then click Advanced E-mail Options.
Select the AutoSave items every: x minutes check box.
In the minutes list, specify how often you want the program to save your data and the program state.
Tip  The amount of new information that the recovered item contains depends on how frequently a Microsoft Office program saves the recovery item. For example, if the recovery item is saved only every 15 minutes, your recovered item won't contain your last 14 minutes of work before the power failure or other problem occurred.

Optionally, on the AutoSave items in menu, select the folder where you want Outlook to automatically save items.
Visio

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save/Open tab.
Select the Save AutoRecover information every x minutes check box.
In the minutes list, specify how often you want the program to save your data.
Tip  The amount of new information that the recovered file contains depends on how frequently a Microsoft Office program saves the recovery file. For example, if the recovery file is saved only every 15 minutes, your recovered file won't contain your last 14 minutes of work before the power failure or other problem occurred.
Publisher

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
Select the Save AutoRecover information every x minutes check box.
In the minutes list, specify how often you want the program to save your data.
Tip  The amount of new information that the recovered file contains depends on how frequently a Microsoft Office program saves the recovery file. For example, if the recovery file is saved only every 15 minutes, your recovered file won't contain your last 14 minutes of work before the power failure or other problem occurred.


Autosave under Office 2003 or 2007 is under Tools option in the menu.

Learn how to use your tools.

[TAB]

office 2010 is brand spanking new...  not all versions auto save.  the XP stuff does not auto save.

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[fightingquaker13]

I've got an older, and cheaper version (the teacher's addition, available at a discount with teaching ID, circa 2006 or so). Still, good info.
Thaks Path
FQ13

[Pathfinder]

Autosave under Office 2003 or 2007 is under Tools option in the menu.

Learn how to use your tools.

office 2010 is brand spanking new...  not all versions auto save.  the XP stuff does not auto save.

I addressed that. Unless you're still using a stylus and wax tablet, Word autosaves, Word has always had autosave since I've been using it (Windows 3.1 days).

BTW, XP is an operating system, Word is part of MS Office. I am using Office 2010 on the XP OS.

[alfack]

I hate people that constantly refer to themselves in the 3rd person. That is seriously creepy, dude.