TO: ALL WEST VIRGINIA ARES MEMBERS (OFFICIAL)
ALL ARES AND NON-ARES AMATEURS ANYWHERE (INFORMATION)
FROM: KEN HARRIS WA8LLM WV SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED
WV ARES BULLETIN NR 10.02 DATE: January 10, 2010
SUBJECT: SAVE IT OFTEN
You've probably been told that when you're working with a computer or other device, to save your work or documents once in awhile.
My advice is to save your work often. If you're working on something like writing letters or putting together a report, it's wise to save your file anytime you get ready to do something else, like getting another file, or taking a drink of coffee. If you've been compiling, re-writing, and typing for a several minutes, you would be surprised how much work you've done.
It only takes one little thing to cause you to start over if you don't have it saved.
I don't know which of the "F" Keys were pressed, when a book fell on them, but I saw my screen saying the computer was shutting down, and it didn't ask if I wanted to save the file I was working on. Before the screen went blank, I was able to click on the File and Save buttons as the computer screen said it was saving my settings. I know I'd been on the computer for quite awhile, and I knew that I hadn't been saving the report that I was typing up.
I don't know if the words "Saving Your Settings" has anything to do with saving my file, but I could just see myself starting all over.
As the computer shut down, and when I turned it back on, and it was coming back up, all I could do was wonder how much of my report I would have to do over.
I was lucky, when the computer came up, and I got back into the file I was working on, the report was there, just the way I left it.
So do yourself a favor, and click that save button often. You might save yourself a ton of work.
Ken Harris WA8LLM
Wood County WV
WV ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
WV ARES District 3 Emergency Coordinator