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If the backup folder already contains such a file, it will be overwritten without warning.</paragraph> 75</listitem> 76</list> 77<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">To save recovery information automatically every n minutes</paragraph> 78<list type="ordered"> 79<listitem> 80<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148563" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01010200.xhp" name="Load/Save - General">Load/Save - General</link></emph>.</paragraph> 81</listitem> 82<listitem> 83<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="11">Mark <emph>Save AutoRecovery information every</emph> and select the time interval.</paragraph> 84</listitem> 85</list> 86<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153526" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="13">This command saves the information necessary to restore the current document in case of a crash. Additionally, in case of a crash %PRODUCTNAME tries automatically to save AutoRecovery information for all open documents, if possible.</paragraph> 87</section> 88<section id="relatedtopics"> 89<embed href="text/shared/guide/export_ms.xhp#export_ms"/> 90<embed href="text/shared/guide/doc_save.xhp#doc_save"/> 91<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148672" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15"><link href="text/shared/01/01070000.xhp" name="Save As">Save As</link></paragraph> 92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159150" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01010200.xhp" name="Load/Save - General">Load/Save - General</link></paragraph> 93<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10838" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/error_report.xhp">Error Report Tool</link></paragraph> 94</section> 95</body> 96</helpdocument> 97