2003 create backup

C

chequer

,I am using MS Office Word & Excel 2003 SP2 with MS Office Pro 2003
Before, when I was using an earlier Office ,there was an option " Always
create a backup "
Now that I'm using Office 2003 I still want to be able to 'always create a
backup' of both Word & Excel files.
In Excel, the nearest I can get to it, is the option ' Automatically save a
backup copy of a workbook' every x minutes.
Is it possible to create a backup as in the earlier versions of Office?.
 
D

DL

Word: Tools/Options/Save
Much the same as office2k I recollect, the excel option is the same.
 
C

chequer

In Word 2003 when I go to ‘Tools’ in the ‘SaveAs’ box,m and select ‘Save
options’ the options I have checked are: Always create a backup copy, Allow
background saves, Embed linguistic data, Save AutoRecover info every, I
have 3 mins.,. Embed Smart saves and as the default format I have, Word
Document (*.doc)
This is exactly the same as in the Option box when I got to Tools/Options/Save

In Excel at Tools/Options/Save, the only option I have is, Save AutoRecover
info every, I have 3 mins. This option is checked.
The Location is :
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\
In Workbook option I have ‘Disable Auto recover’ unchecked.

If I work on the file I want to create the Backup for, for over the selected
time, 3 mins., then Save or SaveAs it doesn’t create a backup.
If the file name is ‘Create’ then I should have a file named, ‘Backup of
Create .’
All I am getting is ~$Create, this disappears after I re-save the file.
When I was using Word 2k and getting ‘Backup of Create’ it would remain
permanently as a file.
This was handy if I accidentally lost or deleted the file I was working on
as I could then open the Backup of the file..
 
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