By setting a line of the form autosave=n (where n is an integer) in the system file SURVO.APU (text file usually in the system directory) the current edit field will be saved in the SURVO.EDT file in the temporary directory of Survo (defined by `tempdisk' in SURVO.APU). once in every n minutes. Then, if by accident the contents of the edit field is lost, the last spare copy will be found by the (sucro) command /AUTOLOAD or it can be scanned by /AUTOSHOW To omit temporary savings, set autosave=0 in SURVO.APU or delete the `autosave' line altogether. E = more information on EDITOR