Saved to disk ( after the selected time delay) in a The best thing to do is use Edit, Undo as soon as possible.)īackup option, any material in the actively edited file, orĪny other loaded file where a change has been made, is temporarily If you selected some material and hit the key, Then answered "No"), or by exiting WordPerfect without saving your You might have done this by using File, Close (and See what happens while you edit files on screen and then delete some Of the original file as it existed when the original was lastĬan the timed document backup be used to recover accidentally deleted material from the active document?Įxample where a system crash is not involved, and Original." option is enabled, the backup it makes contains a copy
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Option is enabled, WordPerfect creates one backupĬopy of each saved document on disk, so it willĮxtension) on each subsequent manual save. So WordPerfect will not automatically save your work in a wayĪs a backup at each save option below. Most people would become very upset over such a loss of the previous Wrote over the previously saved version of the file while youĪre editing and experimenting with various creative ideas. Quicken), will automatically save an entry when you press the Enter key.īut word processors do not do this. Notably databases or those that are designed around a database (e.g., Or a third party program to help you save your work more frequently as WordPerfect asks if you want to do so, you might consider using a macro Naturally assumes you want to discard your changes if you ignore or answer 'No' to the on-screen message.Īccidentally lost work because you failed to save your work when The program as explained above, so the temporary timed backupįile(s) will be automatically and immediately deleted (see Situation A above ). You answer No to the question asking you if you want to save the changed file, WordPerfect will not save it - nor will it keep any temporary backup copy WordPerfect does what you tell it to do:If Mistakenly answer No to the pop up dialog that asks them if they wish Original file and then go about exiting WordPerfect normally - but Original file, or, more likely, if they have not yet saved the This temporary backup file still exists after they have saved the Important to bear in mind since many users erroneously believe that Retaining it (even if you continue with the current WordPerfect
Inīoth cases the temporary file's job is done so there is no purpose in This is a "normal" or "usual" file operation on your part. Temporary timed backup of that file will be automatically and immediately On-screen document is either (A) deliberately saved or (B) deliberately closed without saving it any What happens next to the temporary file depends on how the document and/or the program is closed: Previously mentioned, you probably should not set the time delay to less than 5 The folder that contains the document being edited. It's worth emphasizing that temporary timed backup files are ¤ T he two automatic backup features discussed on this page use different filename conventions: Theįilename and extension format above is quite different from thatĪssigned to the "Save original document" backup described below. You are actively editing several documents, there might be as many as 9 Numbering: Since the program can open up to 9 documents in a single instance