The Five Golden Rules of Computing.

First published 31 March 2000.

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People think that there are only Three Golden Rules for working on computers.  I feel that they are wrong and there are, in fact, Five Rules - and here they are:

1. Save.

2. SAVE.

3. SAVE!!

4. If you foul up a document completely: File and Close the document without saving any changes, go to Windows Explorer or File Manager and re-open the document in its earlier, saved, correct manifestation and start again.

5. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER print an Excel spreadsheet unless you are absolutely, positively, 100% certain that you know exactly how the entire document is going to look on paper when sent to print and you are content with the result.

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There is, however, a way to prevent problems with documents in Number 4 and I may address this in a future article, if there is any interest.