Geoff intercepted George Pell's All message of 13 Jul 96  18:07:10 and 
replied thus...
Hi George
 GP> Word was acting like it was saving all that time.  
 GP> What is the scoop here, how do I restore it?  Did it
 GP> save to a temp file or a hidden file instead?  If so how do I restore
 GP> it.  Whay does it say it's saving it when it is not? 
I think you'll find that the autosave only saves to a temp file which Word
uses _IF_ the system falls over. It would open this "TMP" file when you 
restart and ask if you want to save it.
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