>>>>> QUOTING Geoff Skews to George Pell <<<<
 >  GS> Word uses _IF_ the system falls over. It would open this "TMP" file
 >  GS> when you  restart and ask if you want to save it.
 > Gotta be careful... if you have done an interim save and later in the
 > document, the system crashes (GPF or otherwise) and the file is '
 > recovered'.  Word prompts if you want to save the recovered file and
 > you say no... it erases the saved file with the recovered name...
Lemme see if I have this correct.  I am working on G:\DOCUMENTS\TEST.DOC. I 
have saved the document once during work.  The Autosave feature has saved the 
document once since my manual save.  At this point, I get a GPF, Word shuts 
down.  I reopen Word (which should occur after closing Windows and re-loading 
Windows).  At the top of the screen, it shows Recovered: 
G:\DOCUMENTS\TEST.DOC, or some such wording.  This recovered TEST.DOC was 
from the ~*.tmp file that Word creates.
Now, if I close that recovered file and do NOT save it, are you saying that 
my file G:\DOCUMENTS\TEST.DOC will be erased/deleted from the the harddrive?
The reason I ask is because that has not been my experience.  I have never 
lost the saved document (i.e., G:\DOCUMENTS\TEST.DOC) because of a system or 
otherwise crash (except for maybe a harddrive failure).
Lawrence
... Calling a PCBored makes for a Maalox Moment!
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