Backup in Saving a file in Excel 2002

L

Luck

Is there an automatic backup feature of an Excel 2003 file being saved, other then autorecover. Why should such an answer be so terribly complex not to have a simple answer in it's Help window? Thanks for your help
 
F

Frank Kabel

Hi
a repost from Dave Peterson:
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Short descriptions:

Autosave (an addin in xl versions before xl2002), the workbook gets
saved at
user selectable intervals (just like a manual save). (If you're
running
xl2002+, then if you can find a copy of autosave, it'll work with that
version,
too.)

xl2002+ has a feature called autorecovery. It's used to catch
catestrophic
events (excel/windows crashing). But it won't help if you never save
or you
close excel normally.

But Jan Karel Pieterse has an addin that's the best of both worlds:
AutoSafe
(note spelling)

It doesn't overwrite the existing workbook when it saves. It saves to
a user
selectable folder. And when it's done, it either deletes these backups
(or puts
them in the recycle bin). And the user can always restore the backups
from the
recycle bin.

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You may want to get a copy of Jan Karel's addin. It might save a few
tears in
the future.

http://www.jkp-ads.com/Download.htm
(look for AutoSafe.zip, not autosafeVBE.zip, for your purposes.)
 
G

Gord Dibben

Another option than what Frank posted.

File>Save As>Tools>General Options. Checkmark "Always create backup".

Gord Dibben Excel MVP
 
A

Andy Wiggins

... or use the "Save and Backup" addin from my web-site

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Regards
Andy Wiggins
www.BygSoftware.com
Home of "Save and BackUp",
"The Excel Auditor" and "Byg Tools for VBA"



Gord Dibben said:
Another option than what Frank posted.

File>Save As>Tools>General Options. Checkmark "Always create backup".

Gord Dibben Excel MVP
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other then autorecover. Why should such an answer be so terribly complex not
to have a simple answer in it's Help window? Thanks for your help
 
4

4rs

Hey that AutoSafe sounds great!
Microsoft should add that functionality !!!!!
Why should users have to go adding in
such obvious necessary utilities?
and I agree, the help function is really
clunky now.
 
4

4rs

Well I tried to install Autosafe and it was too
much a pain to wade through the Macro
security errors and stuff... Microsoft warns
against installing the macro as it is not "signed"
and so there again, why doesn't Microsoft
incorporate something like this... it has been
a need since day one with Excel !!!!!
 
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