http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/ “It is impossible for a software organization to be saved in ignorance.” Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:22:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-779 Jeffrey Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:28:56 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-779 I lost 4 hours of work on PowerPoint for my Mac. The totally screwed up thing is that I was Saving. I wasn't relying on the autosave feature which popped up every ten minutes. I was saving after I finished the updates for each module. I totally want to kick Bill Gates ass for selling this crappy software. I think I'm going to go ahead and buy Keynote today. I actually used it for a month in the full use demo mode. It's about 100 times better then the crap software powerpoint. Looks better, is tons easier to figure out and use. And it doesn't arbitrarily just do weird shit for now apparent reason. Only thing is that PPT doesn't support some of the really cool transitions... so if you're going to convert it to Power Point for someone else you have to go easy on using the really cool stuff. I lost 4 hours of work on PowerPoint for my Mac. The totally screwed up thing is that I was Saving. I wasn’t relying on the autosave feature which popped up every ten minutes. I was saving after I finished the updates for each module. I totally want to kick Bill Gates ass for selling this crappy software. I think I’m going to go ahead and buy Keynote today. I actually used it for a month in the full use demo mode. It’s about 100 times better then the crap software powerpoint. Looks better, is tons easier to figure out and use. And it doesn’t arbitrarily just do weird shit for now apparent reason. Only thing is that PPT doesn’t support some of the really cool transitions… so if you’re going to convert it to Power Point for someone else you have to go easy on using the really cool stuff.

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-662 Karin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:12:48 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-662 terrible... 3 hours lost work.. and it is midnight I lost a beautiful powerpoint and can start from scratch.. cannot believe it is really gone with the 'autorecovery alert' passing by every 10 minutes.. Unbelievable. Stupid. terrible… 3 hours lost work.. and it is midnight I lost a beautiful powerpoint and can start from scratch.. cannot believe it is really gone with the ‘autorecovery alert’ passing by every 10 minutes.. Unbelievable. Stupid.

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-579 Dr. K’s Software Ruminations » Blog Archive » Low-tech fix for the PowerPoint autorecover problem Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:32:47 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-579 <p>[...] in July, I wrote about an unbelievably frustrating bug in PowerPoint 2004 for Mac. I got burned back in July and lost a very productive several hours of work. Tonight I’m [...]</p> […] in July, I wrote about an unbelievably frustrating bug in PowerPoint 2004 for Mac. I got burned back in July and lost a very productive several hours of work. Tonight I’m […]

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-496 mh Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:31:33 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-496 But Keynote doesn't have any auto-save either!!!! But Keynote doesn’t have any auto-save either!!!!

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-463 crazed Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:22:20 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-463 15 hours into a presentation build and I have just found the same!! only 7 more hours till i am meant to present this and no hope of redoing in time. I think I;m going to shoot myself 15 hours into a presentation build and I have just found the same!! only 7 more hours till i am meant to present this and no hope of redoing in time. I think I;m going to shoot myself

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-333 Nicole Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:44:54 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-333 To read this and know that someone has tried what I want to attempt tonight, and to hear that it is futile...well it helps actually to know that it can't be done. If I were to rebuild now and wonder in the back of my mind if it wasn't all there somewhere...I'd go crazy. So thank you for venting. Back to rebuilding for me. The irony is the crash was caused by me trying to make a backup onto a jump drive. To read this and know that someone has tried what I want to attempt tonight, and to hear that it is futile…well it helps actually to know that it can’t be done. If I were to rebuild now and wonder in the back of my mind if it wasn’t all there somewhere…I’d go crazy. So thank you for venting. Back to rebuilding for me. The irony is the crash was caused by me trying to make a backup onto a jump drive.

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-249 Julian Harris, Social Computing Guy » Google Docs update: Microsoft had better watchout! Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:02:58 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-249 [...] supported ‘autorecovery’ features for some time now (at least on the PC) but Google is ahead of the game, indeed, many players, by making ’save’ [...] […] supported ‘autorecovery’ features for some time now (at least on the PC) but Google is ahead of the game, indeed, many players, by making ’save’ […]

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-153 » A First Look at Numbers | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:09:19 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-153 [...] other day a colleague who uses OS X spoke to me, angry at the fact that Powerpoint’s “auto-save” feature hadn’t actually done any saving and a crash left him with hours of work undone. He asked me “what do you use to build [...] […] other day a colleague who uses OS X spoke to me, angry at the fact that Powerpoint’s “auto-save” feature hadn’t actually done any saving and a crash left him with hours of work undone. He asked me “what do you use to build […]

]]> http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-141 Z Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:08:42 +0000 http://www.charlesknutson.net/2007/07/31/no-autorecover-in-powerpoint-2004/#comment-141 So? How goes the transition? I have been giving thought to the iWork suite, but would so like a better spreadsheet than what passes for excel in the original Office for OSX So? How goes the transition? I have been giving thought to the iWork suite, but would so like a better spreadsheet than what passes for excel in the original Office for OSX

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