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Recovery Time - Microsoft Word

I expect a great deal from my computer. Often I've got seven or eight applications running at once, and I'm jumping from one to the other as fast as I can. Occasionally, my manic work-pace gets beyond the computer's abilities, and the whole darn thing freezes on me.

Ctrl + Alt + Del time, and lots of cursing when I realize I haven't saved the Word document I'm working on.

This is why I have Word's AutoRecover function set to save every five minutes. That way, if the computer does crash on me, a recovered version of my document will automatically open when I reopen the original document.

To modify the AutoRecover time:

1. select or single-click the <Tools> pull-down menu with the left mouse button

2. then select or single-click <Options>.

3. when the <Options> window opens, select or single-click on the <Save> tab

4. at the bottom of the <Save Options> section is a small box labelled <Save AutoRecover info every:>. If there
isn't already a check mark in this box, single-click the box.

5. now, to the right of the box is an entry box marked <minutes>. Use this box to change how often Word AutoRecovers.

6. click the <OK> button to finish.

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