Bug 155522

Summary:	Autosave should be TURNED ON by default
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	paulfriedhelmguenther
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	buzea.bogdan
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.5.3.2 release
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Windows (All)
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Description paulfriedhelmguenther 2023-05-27 11:07:32 UTC

Description:
This made me leave LibreOffice.
AutoSave is deactivated by default. Even after activating it it will be disabled after installing an update. Made me loose hours of work several times. A no go.

Good by libre office

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install
2. auto save activate
3. install update
4. check autosave option

Actual Results:
data loss

Expected Results:
not to do the hour long work of document writing again


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
none

Comment 1 BogdanB 2023-05-27 14:21:23 UTC

In LibreOffice 7.6 version, Backup and AutoRecovery will be enabled by default.

This version will be released Week 33, Aug 14, 2023 - Aug 20, 2023. Until then, these options can be enabled by the user: Tools - Options - Load/Save - General.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 152463 ***