How to change auto-save or autorecovery interval for Office for Mac applications(Excel, PowerPoint & Word)
One of the drawbacks that we all agree about Mac is that it freezes more as compared to PCs. Once it is frozen, you are supposed to do a force quit which is more likely to lose the data. Hence it is necessary that you reduce the autorecovery time to the least possible interval. Here are the steps: (I am taking the example of MS Word for Mac, although the steps are same for all three applications) 
- Launch the application
- Click on Word menu and go to Preferences
- From the left column, select Save
- Now check the option Save auto recovery info every xx minutes
- Click on OK and the preferences are saved
Before I end, I would like to repeat the suggestion by Microsoft, make a habit of Command+S as soon as you take a pause. This will save you from all panics.
Comments