AbiWord Auto save

[Colin23erk]

Thanks for trying to help . When I come across this type of problem I wonder if the developers try to use their own programs in normal every day use after they have made modifications to see if they work as they intended. Ideally they should ask someone not involved to do a test run to see if they encounter problems that an expert would not have thought of .

It reminds me of an old tale about a old woman who took her car to the garage because it was not running well . The mechanics checked it and found nothing wrong . She kept coming back and every time no problem was found . Eventually some bright spark asked her to drive while he checked to see what she was complaining about .  She got in the seat pulled out the manual choke and hung her handbag on it . Thats why they could not find a problem . As engineers they would never leave the choke out any longer than necessary . The moral of the story is users do things differently than expected .

My only hope now is to find someone who knows all the ins and outs of AbiWord . At the moment it is not as programs are supposed to be intuitive to use and its function not well documented . We are not supposed to need any help

Colin