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[The Vector Doctor]

That is what I just said. Been working for about 40 minutes on a job and forgot to hit save. Illustrator crash, lost everything

2011 and Illustrator STILL does not autosave

 

[signswi]

There are scripts out there to prompt you to save at a set interval. Smooth move ex-lax (that's right I'm bringing that back).

 

[J Hill Designs]

ouchies

 

[SightLine]

Kinda complex to set it up the first time.

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorial...-adobe-illustrator-using-the-actions-palette/

Pretty easy to use after though. Really a workaround for Adobe's lack of a needed feature. Sorry you lost work.

 

[Colin]

Dang! Ya, it's become standard procedure to Save a file right away, and then frequently.

I find it maddening when I realize that I just typed a sentence with the Caps Lock on and have to re-type, so 40 minutes must hurt.

Breathe deep.

 

[signage]

+1 for Corel and autosave.

 

[signswi]

At least when you do something over again that you just lost for whatever reason you're usually much quicker and more efficient at it and often end up with a better product.

 

[The Vector Doctor]

and hitting save every few minutes. Here is one I did last night, without issue

 

[thewood]

I find it maddening when I realize that I just typed a sentence with the Caps Lock on and have to re-type, so 40 minutes must hurt.

Doesn't Corel have a feature where you can select text and change it all to Caps, Lowercase, Sentence Case, Title Case, etc. without having to retype?

I never use AutoSave. I prefer to be in control of when and what is saved. I'm just in the habit of pressing CTRL+S occasionally.

 

[Colin]

Doesn't Corel have a feature where you can select text and change it all to Caps, Lowercase, Sentence Case, Title Case, etc. without having to retype?

Yes, but I guess I was referring to other things like emails & such.

 

[thewood]

Yes, but I guess I was referring to other things like emails & such.

Ahhh....gotcha.

Also, I hope my initial post didn't come off as unsympathetic, Vector Doc. I definitely feel your pain!

 

[petesign]

I can't believe CS5.5 doesn't have some sort of auto-save feature built in either. Happens to me once in a while too

Doesn't seem like it would be a hard option to add, put in preferences and if it slows your computer down too much, turn it off...

 

[MikePro]

make your own autosave feature? funny how this can be programmed yourself, but adobe didn't feel the need to add it as a feature.

Scripting an autosave feature in Illustrator using the actions palette.

 

[Colin]

Forgive my ignorance, but why would anyone want an autosave feature? What if you're working on an existing file, but you are just trying some ideas and don't really want it saved? Wouldn't it go ahead and save the changes you've made even if you don't want to?

 

[2NinerNiner2]

Forgive my ignorance, but why would anyone want an autosave feature? What if you're working on an existing file, but you are just trying some ideas and don't really want it saved? Wouldn't it go ahead and save the changes you've made even if you don't want to?

I always work on a copy of the source file ... with autosave "On" (in CDR)

 

[jfiscus]

I think you're thinking of more of a "temp" file that you can open after a crash. Like when InDesign crashes, once you restart it it has a pretty recent temporary file that it opens back up for you to either save or trash.

 

[Mike F]

Forgive my ignorance, but why would anyone want an autosave feature? What if you're working on an existing file, but you are just trying some ideas and don't really want it saved? Wouldn't it go ahead and save the changes you've made even if you don't want to?

In Corel, you specify a folder for auto-saves, and it saves a new copy of the file every time, so you're not actually overwriting the existing file.

 

[Colin]

In Corel, you specify a folder for auto-saves, and it saves a new copy of the file every time, so you're not actually overwriting the existing file.

Aha!

 

[The Vector Doctor]

I think you're thinking of more of a "temp" file that you can open after a crash. Like when InDesign crashes, once you restart it it has a pretty recent temporary file that it opens back up for you to either save or trash.

That would be ideal. Apparently the engineers at Adobe don't collaborate as much as they should

 

[ddarlak]

don't you find that once this happens the 40 minutes you spent the first time somehow melts into say 30 minute the second time?

always feels like the second time around goes quicker....