When a program freezes, is there a way to release some of the CPU so 
as to at least save the work before closing the program?

Or perhaps I have the logic screwy.  Yesterday, my mom's Final Draft 
froze before she was able to save the document she was currently 
working on.  In the Task Manager, her system was using 100% of CPU, 
so I ended a few processes to see if that would release some 
resources and allow her to return to Final Draft and save the 
document and then close.  That was unsuccessful - it kept indicating 
100% CPU, so the only thing I could think of was to take a screen 
capture of the UI and have a morsel of the document to try to 
recreate from.  Thankfully, she only lost the first half of the page 
before this happened.(the first half being out of view/above the 
fold/whatever you call it)

Then I started wondering, if 100% CPU was indicated as being in use, 
how was it possible to take the capture?

What, if anything, could I have done that would have saved the document?

This instance, the system is XP Home, Final Draft 7.

Thanks,
Diane

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