ITC Auto-Save Feature

Overview

When working in the ITC to transcribe or edit a job, there is a small risk of losing your work if something like a power outage or computer failure occurs before you save.  To mitigate this risk, the ITC has an auto-save feature that can save your work every few seconds.

In a perfect world, your work would be saved every second, but that isn't the best choice.  The action to save the document actually takes some computer resources and can take a second or two.  For slower computers, this save operation can actually interrupt the user's work.  For these reasons, the minimum setting supported is 30 seconds.  For slower computers, it might be more appropriate to use a larger value, such as 120 seconds.  Most of us could afford to lose a minute or two of work in a rare circumstance.

Solution

To change your preferences in the General User Settings screen, just follow the quick, easy steps below: 

• From the ITC Main Window:  Select the Settings menu ⇒ User Settings option ⇒ Edit User Settings or Keyboard Shortcut F10.
• From the Editor:  Select the Tools menu ⇒ Options ⇒ User Settings

Select the Editor Tab to set your preferences, fill in the value to the left of "Autosave Interval (in seconds)".

Note: Autosave can be completely turned off if desired by placing a zero (0) in that box.  This can be appropriate for the slowest computers or when a user is having performance difficulty.