12-13-2015, 10:51 PM
Thanks
Just set up a "Untitled " and a "test" and set the time interval to 1 min and both have a .BAK file which are being updated and the files read by ABI word by default .
I think I have discovered what is happening -- the BAK file is deleted when the document is "Saved" so I assume that if the computer crashes and the document is lost so is the BAK file the auto save is no use if something bad happens . Ironically computers save all sorts of temporary files that are not much use but AbiWord does not allow its BAK files to be saved .
What puzzles me is why the BAK files are hidden and there is no Menu option to recover them ?
If the BAK file is opened manually it appears in the history list but not automatically
Just set up a "Untitled " and a "test" and set the time interval to 1 min and both have a .BAK file which are being updated and the files read by ABI word by default .
I think I have discovered what is happening -- the BAK file is deleted when the document is "Saved" so I assume that if the computer crashes and the document is lost so is the BAK file the auto save is no use if something bad happens . Ironically computers save all sorts of temporary files that are not much use but AbiWord does not allow its BAK files to be saved .
What puzzles me is why the BAK files are hidden and there is no Menu option to recover them ?
If the BAK file is opened manually it appears in the history list but not automatically
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An "example" is worth a 1000 words