Re: autosave macro or add-in
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/23/04
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:08:29 -0600
Interesting. Since I never open files from floppies, I haven't had occasion
to test this feature, but it would certainly add a huge measure of stability
for users of public computers such as the ones at my public library, which
requires floppies and doesn't permit saving to the HD.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bob S" <notarealaddress@110.net> wrote in message news:9kdi30prdn43pqnmt4i9lv17it2k03qrb1@4ax.com... > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:34:50 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" > <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote: > > >Word 2002 fixes the problem only if you select the appropriate option in > >Tools | Options | Save: "Make local copy of files stored on network or > >removable drives." > > By my reading of the article, it is supposed to fix it for floppies > regardless of the setting, and for larger devices if you set the > option. > > The explanation of what the option does is found in article Q277010 > and is rather complex. Even for Microsoft, the article sets a new > (low) standard of intelligibility. Here is how I understand it. > > First, this started as an attempt to eliminate the problems with using > files on floppy disks. (It seems appropriate that Microsoft should > finally have a shot at fixing this problem now that floppy disks are > in the twilight of their career.) When you use Word 2002 to open a > file on a removable medium of 3MB or smaller total drive size (i.e. a > floppy disk), Word first makes a copy of the file in the TEMP folder, > then opens the copy. All of Word's temporary files are thus on the > hard drive, so Word does not run out of space. Whenever you push Save, > Word updates both the temporary file and the original on the floppy. > When you close the file, Word deletes the temporary copy file. All of > this is built-in and not optional. > > What setting the option does is to enable all of this mechanism if the > file is on a network or removable drive that is larger than 3MB. > (Actually, the article disagrees with itself on whether the copy is > actually made for large drives. Testing is needed.) > > However, Microsoft has also grafted on another piece of function, > which is controlled by this same option. It seems that in prior > versions of Word, if your computer went into Suspend mode to reduce > power, all file locks on the files that you were working on were > dropped. The consequence was that if the file was on a shared network > drive and someone else tried to open it, they would succeed. They > could make changes to the file and save them. Then when your computer > woke up again, you could save changes that you had made to the file, > overwriting the changes the other user had made. > > Apparently if you set this new option, Word does not drop the file > locks if your computer goes into Suspend mode, avoiding the > possibility of lost edits by another user. The cost is that since the > locks are held by your suspended computer, the setting prevents any > edits by another user until you and your computer wake up. > > The article also claims that if the option is turned on, the usual > "owner file" is not created by Word when a file is opened. > > Bob S >
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