Hi :) Yeh, 10mins is waaay too often for me. I think psychologists ht suggest 20-40mins but i would go for around an hour. Regards from a Tom :)
On 23 February 2018 at 17:14, zahra a <nasrinkhaks...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi. > for changing autoSave: > open tools, options, load-save, general and active or deactivate > Save AutoRecovery information every: > newer versions of libreoffice by default, save the informations every > ten minutes and you can change the number of saving. > > On 2/23/18, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi :) > > If you do try turning the auto-save off then you really need to get into > > the habit of doing your own saves quite frequently. > > > > I tend to find that creating a document originally takes me a fair while > > but if i lose it then it takes me a LOT less time 2nd time around. When > > first trying to write something down i wrestle with all sorts of > decisions > > about grammar, layout, formatting and how to express my thoughts. If i > > lose even a significant chunk of work i can usually re-create it very > > quickly 2nd time around because i tend to find those decisions are still > > lurking around somewhere so i can just get on with the typing. > > > > Regards from > > a Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > On 18 February 2018 at 03:04, Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> > > wrote: > > > >> It is an interesting discussion. > >> A while back auto-save was losing my images from the document, now that > >> seems well and fixed. > >> I have a UPS with 15 mins. or more reserve to give me plenty of time to > >> save when the beeping starts, and LO seems so stable now, my multiple > >> documents can sit open for a week or more and I cannot remember the last > >> crash/hangup. I almost wonder if I can turn auto-save off. > >> steve > >> > >> > >> On 18/02/18 07:29, Girvin Herr wrote: > >> > >>> My beef with autosave is that it seems to start saving just as I start > >>> typing and it does not save my keystrokes while it is saving and I > don't > >>> notice it is saving. I end up after the autosave, having to evaluate > what > >>> keystrokes worked and what didn't, and redoing the keystrokes that got > >>> ignored. I still find the autosave benefits outweigh these > aggravations, > >>> though, so I have it enabled all the time. > >>> > >>> Girvin Herr > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 02/17/2018 04:52 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi :) > >>>> +1 to all points there! I hadn't thought through my suggestions! > >>>> > >>>> The autosave thing is something that annoys me more than it helps. I > >>>> don't > >>>> like my machine putting me on hold when it suddenly decides it needs > to > >>>> do > >>>> something. I tend to switch features like this off where I can and > then > >>>> just try to make sure I do my own saving and backups on my schedule > >>>> rather > >>>> than on the machine's. > >>>> > >>>> Regards from > >>>> a Tom :) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 17 Feb 2018 10:05, "Peter Hillier-Brook" <p...@hbsys.plus.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 17/02/18 09:17, Tom Davies wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi :) > >>>>>> I'm not sure how to open as read-only myself but i'd guess a > >>>>>> right-click > >>>>>> either per file or on a group of selected files prolly has > something. > >>>>>> > >>>>> Select "Open File" within Libre Office: in the dialogue box, in the > >>>>> lower left hand corner is a clue and yes, it does function with > >>>>> multiple > >>>>> selected files. > >>>>> > >>>>> I think chmod might help change which user "owns" the files - or put > >>>>>> them > >>>>>> on a volume/drive/folder that is mounted read-only - but that all > >>>>>> seems a > >>>>>> bit extreme. > >>>>>> > >>>>> It's more than a bit extreme, but changing the permissions on the > >>>>> reference files would work, with possible side-effects. i.e. Libre > >>>>> Office would probably try to auto-save and might regularly bleat > about > >>>>> its inability to do so. > >>>>> > >>>>> You could change the time-delay or completely eliminate the auto-save > >>>>>> feature. Such options used to be in; > >>>>>> Tools - Options - ... > >>>>>> or something like that and prolly still are. > >>>>>> > >>>>> Not a good idea if one wanted to auto-save the "live" document, > however > >>>>> depress F1 and search for "auto" in Help. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >>>>> Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > >>>>> unsubscribe/ > >>>>> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundatio > >>>>> n.org/Netiquette > >>>>> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >>>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot > be > >>>>> deleted > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >> Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-un > >> subscribe/ > >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ > Netiquette > >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >> deleted > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > > Problems? > > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ > Netiquette > > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > -- > By God, > were I given all the seven heavens > with all they contain > in order that > I may disobey God > by depriving an ant > from the husk of a grain of barley, > I would not do it. > imam ali > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
