Yesterday, and not for the first time, I lost an hour's work in Gmail.

I have my macro-capable keyboard set up to type á whenever I type Ctrl-a. (Likewise, similar for é,í,ó,ú,ñ,¿ and ¡). If I have the macro function turned off on the keyboard, then Ctrl-a is just a Ctrl-a.

Now, if I want to underline something I am typing in Gmail, I type Ctrl-u, quickly discover that I just typed ú instead of turning on underlining, so I switch macros off, backspace to delete the ú, and do it again. No problem.

Until... I want to type á, like in San Luis Soyatlán. With macros off, instead of á, the entire document instantly becomes highlighted, then the final "n" in Soyatlán replaces an hour's work, at which time AutoSave unerringly picks that exact moment to save the draft.

I don't need AutoSave. How can I turn it off?

tanstaafl.