Autosave in Office 2003

[Guest]

In Office 2000 there was the autosave feature which worked great, now in
Office 2003 it was replaced by the autorecover feature. I have done searches
in google and in this office newsgroup and all say pretty much the same thing
really not answering why the autosave was taken away. And alot of references
point to Jan Karel Pieterse's addin called AutoSafe. Does anyone know the
actual reason why the autosave feature was replaced and taken away altogether
in Office 2003? Thank you!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It's not gone. The autorecover feature is a Word feature as you are using
Word as your e-mail editor. Autosave still saves to your Drafts folder.
Tools-> Options-> E-mail Options...-> button Advanced E-mail Options...

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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In Office 2000 there was the autosave feature which worked great, now in
Office 2003 it was replaced by the autorecover feature. I have done
searches
in google and in this office newsgroup and all say pretty much the same
thing
really not answering why the autosave was taken away. And alot of
references
point to Jan Karel Pieterse's addin called AutoSafe. Does anyone know the
actual reason why the autosave feature was replaced and taken away
altogether
in Office 2003? Thank you!

 

[Guest]

Thanks, knew that about Outlook 2003, but what about Excel, PPT, and Word
specifically, autosave no longer there, autorecover is now?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

What is the issue with AutoRecover? An issue I can think of with AutoSave is
when people start editing an original document and basically use it as a
template and then save it under a different name. AutoSave would have wacked
the original document; AutoRecover does not.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You'll get better answers to this in the newsgroups for the other apps. I
know Excel's autosave was an addin and it was somewhat annoying and I wrote
my own. I thought Words was an addin too - but it's been so long since I
used old versions and like excel, writing a better save routine was easy.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Thanks, knew that about Outlook 2003, but what about Excel, PPT, and Word
specifically, autosave no longer there, autorecover is now?

It's not gone. The autorecover feature is a Word feature as you are using
Word as your e-mail editor. Autosave still saves to your Drafts folder.
Tools-> Options-> E-mail Options...-> button Advanced E-mail Options...

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
In Office 2000 there was the autosave feature which worked great, now in
Office 2003 it was replaced by the autorecover feature. I have done
searches
in google and in this office newsgroup and all say pretty much the same
thing
really not answering why the autosave was taken away. And alot of
references
point to Jan Karel Pieterse's addin called AutoSafe. Does anyone know
the
actual reason why the autosave feature was replaced and taken away
altogether
in Office 2003? Thank you!

 

[Guest]

Thanks Diane & Roady for your help, appreciate it!

You'll get better answers to this in the newsgroups for the other apps. I
know Excel's autosave was an addin and it was somewhat annoying and I wrote
my own. I thought Words was an addin too - but it's been so long since I
used old versions and like excel, writing a better save routine was easy.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Thanks, knew that about Outlook 2003, but what about Excel, PPT, and Word
specifically, autosave no longer there, autorecover is now?

It's not gone. The autorecover feature is a Word feature as you are using
Word as your e-mail editor. Autosave still saves to your Drafts folder.
Tools-> Options-> E-mail Options...-> button Advanced E-mail Options...

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
In Office 2000 there was the autosave feature which worked great, now in
Office 2003 it was replaced by the autorecover feature. I have done
searches
in google and in this office newsgroup and all say pretty much the same
thing
really not answering why the autosave was taken away. And alot of
references
point to Jan Karel Pieterse's addin called AutoSafe. Does anyone know
the
actual reason why the autosave feature was replaced and taken away
altogether
in Office 2003? Thank you!