Shutdown loses unsaved OOo document changes

[Stephen]

Colin Law wrote:
> As a recent convert to Ubuntu from Win I have a question regarding
> shutdown on Ubuntu 8.10.  If I have unsaved changes in OOo document or
> files in jEdit and I perform a shutdown then it appears to kill the
> applications without giving them a chance to ask the user whether to
> save their changes.  Is this something that I can do anything about or
> do I just have to be careful when shutting down?
>
> Colin
>
>   
I've used windows for thirty years and it never asked me if I want to 
save work during shutdown. When I clicked on the shutdown that is what 
it did.
Stephen.