Titan Tech Tip for Tuesday, March 23, 2010
This week’s tech tip was suggested by Katie and Anna, who expressed their concerns to me about auto-saving. Don’t you just love it when you’re working on an essay, or a big Powerpoint, and your computer freezes, or the power goes out? Now, yes, they do have that “Auto-Save” feature, but it always seems to cut off your latest additions. The default auto-save value is around 15 minutes… I think, however, something like 5 minutes, or maybe even less, is a better idea! To adjust it, if you have Word 2007 or newer, click on the Microsoft Office button on the top left of your screen, and at the bottom of the dialog, click “Word Options”. Selecting the “Save” tab of the window that opens, adjust the AutoSave, where it says “Save AutoRecover information every…”, to a value that suits you. And that’s it!
For Word 2003, it’s a fairly similar process: instead of using the Microsoft Office button, click on the Tools menu, and click Options, and then follow, basically, the same steps as for Word 2007.