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From: zebolskyd@byuvax.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 6.0.2  and Word
Message-ID: <413zebolskyd@byuvax.bitnet>
Date: 12 Feb 89 08:07:58 GMT
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I guess he got what he deserved, but for the wrong reason. The right reason
would have been a power failure or some kind of bomb unrelated to saving a
file. This chap was doing "the right thing" by saving when Word (or parties
unknown, round up the usual suspects) stabbed him in the back. I guess the
only protection against such treachery is to save O F T E N to alternating
files (Thesis.a and Thesis.b, for example) if disk space permits. One needs
two floppies to get Word to work nicely, anyway. Being somewhat paranoid
about file loss since a neighbor accidently deleted his Master's thesis, I
keep four copies, including a "yesterday's version", of anything of value.
A friend had seven copies of his thesis by the time it was complete.

This apparent problem with Word was mentioned months ago, but appears so
infrequently and with such poor repeatability that is was at first treated
like a UFO sighting. Perhaps it will now get some serious attention. Has
anyone else had the same unfortunate experience? If so, consider posting
the details (with as little profanity as possible) as an aid to finding
the bug, whosever bug it is.

Lyle D. Gunderson
zebolskyd@byuvax.bitnet