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But they don't autosave. They autorecover. Which means that instead of just reopening my file, I have 2 files that Excel or Word must try to delta check to rebu

But they don't autosave. They autorecover. Which means that instead of just reopening my file, I have 2 files that Excel or Word must try to delta check to rebuild my file. When Excel or Word crash, I have to wait several minutes while the program closes, reports to the reporting server and checks for problems, then tries to recover my file. Or my other choice is to cancel the reporting and reopen the file manually, where it still has to recover. I can't even just reopen my unsaved file to redo my changes. This has been my experience since using Office 2007 on Windows Vista. It's still the same with Office 2010 on 7, and I don't know that it will change with Office 2013 on 8.

Dylan16807 13y ago
I thought autorecover was implemented with a normal save, not a delta. Anyway if you have issues waiting minutes for the program to report the error then something has gone terribly wrong with your install. Possibly you have a broken DNS? I don't know, that is weird and has absolutely nothing to do with the saving mechanism. The point I was making is that there should be constant/regular automatic saves that don't touch the original file.
- stephengillie 13y ago
  >The point I was making is that there should be constant/regular automatic saves that don't touch the original file. That's not quite what I want. I want the original file to be updated basically constantly. >Anyway if you have issues waiting minutes for the program to report the error then something has gone terribly wrong with your install. Possibly you have a broken DNS? I don't know, that is weird and has absolutely nothing to do with the saving mechanism. This issue has persisted for me across multiple desktops and laptops, on business and residential connections, from multiple ISPs over differing physical media across the Puget Sound region. If DNS were the issue, it would be a massive and persistent issue affecting a major tech hub...
  - Dylan16807 13y ago
    I'm utterly baffled then. I've never seen the error reporting do more than take a memory dump and ask me if I want to send it in, there has never been notable waiting. Also you really want your original file affected when you cut a paragraph with the intent to paste it somewhere else, or when you're doing some analysis and destructively sort the file?

Dylan16807 13y ago

I thought autorecover was implemented with a normal save, not a delta. Anyway if you have issues waiting minutes for the program to report the error then something has gone terribly wrong with your install. Possibly you have a broken DNS? I don't know, that is weird and has absolutely nothing to do with the saving mechanism. The point I was making is that there should be constant/regular automatic saves that don't touch the original file.

stephengillie 13y ago
>The point I was making is that there should be constant/regular automatic saves that don't touch the original file. That's not quite what I want. I want the original file to be updated basically constantly. >Anyway if you have issues waiting minutes for the program to report the error then something has gone terribly wrong with your install. Possibly you have a broken DNS? I don't know, that is weird and has absolutely nothing to do with the saving mechanism. This issue has persisted for me across multiple desktops and laptops, on business and residential connections, from multiple ISPs over differing physical media across the Puget Sound region. If DNS were the issue, it would be a massive and persistent issue affecting a major tech hub...
- Dylan16807 13y ago
  I'm utterly baffled then. I've never seen the error reporting do more than take a memory dump and ask me if I want to send it in, there has never been notable waiting. Also you really want your original file affected when you cut a paragraph with the intent to paste it somewhere else, or when you're doing some analysis and destructively sort the file?