How offten do Excel spreadsheets auto save?

K

K Christopher

If a user spent several hours on a excel spreadsheet and the computer is
unresponsive (hung) what if anything can be done?
 
J

Jan Karel Pieterse

Hi K,
If a user spent several hours on a excel spreadsheet and the computer is
unresponsive (hung) what if anything can be done?
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Depends on the version of Excel and on the settings of the user. If Excel
XP or 2003 AND they have set save autorecovery information, you might be
lucky. If not, they *might* be using autosave. If not, you're out of luck.

Consider my Autosafe utility:

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Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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