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T O P I C:  Closing a Document Without Saving Changes


Oops! You’ve just screwed up a document (or a sheet). Badly.
You try recovering, undoing, but it’s too late. The file is 
messed up. What do you do? Don’t close the file!

Closing (Series 5) or exiting (Series 3x/Siena) a file 
causes the program to save the changes before closing. This 
is a helpful feature ordinarily on a battery-powered, 
diskless machine. But it can work against you if you don’t 
want the changes in a Word or a Sheet file saved.

Series 3x/Siena

1. Choose SPECIAL, EXIT LOSE CHANGES from the menu or press 
   <PSION-Shift-x>.
2. Press <y> (the "yes" button) to confirm the loss of all 
   changes.

Series 5

The Series 5 does not have an EXIT LOSE CHANGES command. 
However, you can prevent the original file from being 
altered by saving the file under a different name.

1. Choose FILE, MORE, SAVE AS... from the menu or press 
   <Ctrl-Shift-s>.
2. Type in a new, unique file name. The name is irrelevant.
3. Choose FILE, CLOSE from the menu or press <Ctrl-e>.
4. From the System screen, highlight the newly named file 
   using the <Arrow> keys. This file contains the erroneous 
   information.
5. Delete the file using FILE, DELETE... or <Ctrl-d> or 
   <Del>.
6. Press <y> (the "yes" button) to confirm the deletion of 
   the file.


C O L O P H O N

Written by:     Blake Nancarrow of Computer Ease
Entered:        97.09
Platforms:      PSION Series 3, 3a, 3c, Siena, Series 5
Best id:        blaken AT computer-ease.com