Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!chuq
From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A "goody" of MS-Word...
Message-ID: <33069@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 89 03:23:32 GMT
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cuello@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

>So, when the guy tries to open the 4.0 document using 3.0x, the file will be
>read as text... and everything will be there for him to see!!!

>Now, isn't this an efficient way to store information?

Actually, it's a feature called "fast save" -- and it's a conscious
trade-off between disk and time. When you use fast save, you're keeping
extra information on disk by simply appending changes to the existing file.
For a long file, the time saved can be really significant.

If you don't like it, the obvious answer is simple. Turn it off. (hint:
chech the "commands" dialog and stick the option on a menu. you can turn it
on and off as you want). If you really, really don't like it, you can simply
turn it off permanently. 



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