Autosave when using Word as Outlook editor

[Eric]

I'm in Windows XP and using Outlook 2003, with Word 2003 as my email editor.

When I use Word for standalone editing I have the Word options set so that
Word autosaves my open files every 10 minutes. But this does not seem to work
in Outlook. When I had a system crash and had to reboot, Outlook and Word did
not recover the unsent emails that I was composing at the time of the crash.

How do I get Word to autosave/recover documents when I'm using it as my
Outlook editor?

Thanks.

 

[Eric]

Just to clarify, I'm referring to the AutoRecover feature.

When I check Word's Tools/Options/Save screen, I see "Save AutoRecover info
every [10] minutes". I see this both in standalone Word, and also when I edit
an email using Word as an email editor.

My experience of standalone Word is that when I'm working on a new file,
Word keeps saving AutoRecover information, so that if I have a system crash
and have to reboot, Word permits me to recover the file. This is true even
when I haven't yet saved the file for the first time.

I've designated Word as my an email editor in Outlook, and I see the same
setting "Save AutoRecover info every [10] minutes". But in Outlook, if I'm
working on an email and I have a system crash, I'm never presented with the
option to recover the file. That's the problem I'm trying to solve.