Autosave/autobackup feature in ID???

[bilbo_bagginz@adobeforums.com]

Hi, this may have been asked before on this forum, but my design team are asking whether ID has an autosave feature, for those moments when a file gets overwritten accidentally etc...

This was a feature in Quark Xpress (dare I mention its name on this forum?!) that allowed auto backups to run in the background, saving documents in shared directories that everyone could access if they needed to.

I would be glad of any feedback on this.

Thanks!

[Marco_A_SantaMaria@adobeforums.com]

in short, NO
But you can experiment with save a version, you might even assign a shortcut so you can access it very fast thriugh the keyboard.

[Bob Levine]

ID doesn't have an autosave since it doesn't really need one. It's
autorecovery system is amazing.

You can actually work on a file for hours without saving it. If ID or
the computer crashes, the next time you open ID the file will open with
it, right where you left off.

Bob

[Marco_A_SantaMaria@adobeforums.com]

InDesign auto-recovery is amazing. The way I have seen it work it is more like a buffer, where the page will be saved in its temp file when you move to a diferent locations in your document, zoom in or out—at least form what I remember, haven't had too many crashes on InDesign lately.

[Steve_Werner@adobeforums.com]

Crashing is extremely rare for me in InDesign.

But I do like to show the auto-recovery features to my students. When demoing some files, I will create a file which I don't save, then I'll perform a Force Quit. They're quite amazed to see all the open files—including the one never saved—open back on my screen when I reopen InDesign!

[Gerald_Singelmann@adobeforums.com]

This script copies the document to a backup folder (which you specify in the first line) before saving.
When you assign cmd-S as shortcut for the script you get a backup with every save.

Remember to empty that folder occasionally ;)
Remember also to frequently do a save as (has nothing to do with this script, but is a very good idea in all cases)




tell application "Finder" to set backupPath to folder "Macintosh HD:documents:backup files"

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
try
set myFilePath to file path of active document
set myFile to full name of active document
set cd to current date
set nuName to name of active document
set nuName to nuName & "-" & ((year of cd) & (month of cd) & (day of cd) as string)
set nuName to nuName & "-" & (time of cd) as string
tell application "Finder"
set backupFile to duplicate myFile to backupPath
set name of backupFile to nuName
end tell
save active document
on error
save active document
end try
end tell




I'd be glad to hear if this works for you

Gerald