IPhoto Crashes! How to SAVE manually?

iPhoto has never been that stable for me--NEVER on any machine or any version... I've always been able to make it fail in a single session. Apple should hire me as a beta-tester to flush out the problems since they all happen to me.
Okay...
Is there a way to Save manually without quitting iPhoto? I need this!!!
BTW: I've been saving after every few pages and now I just lost two pages of work building a book--HELP!
Note: I'm not asking you to resolve the crashing issue--I now consider it a feature... I just need a work around.
Thanks,
Robert

Robert:
Have you tried the usual remidies?
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist.
2 - repair disk permissions with disk utility.
3 - download OnyX and run it to clean out the application and fonts caches and run the three cron maintenance scripts.
4 - download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, putting your administartive name in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
How much free space do you have on your boot drive?
See the tip at the end of my signature as a way to partically protect your library.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application, iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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