What happened to the AutoSave add-in that was in the older ver.

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DavidK1954

There use to be an add-in in older versions of Office that would let you set
up auto save of the document you are working on at a set interval. The new
windows now calls it save autorecovery which is not the same thing the way I
understand it. I am looking for that function in Office 2003.
 
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Beth Melton

AutoSave for which application?

Additionally, AutoRecover has always been a standard option and you
are correct, it does not automatically save your documents. It saves
an autorecovery file that is used if your application hangs or your
computer malfunctions.

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DavidK1954

Beth,
Thank you for responding, to answer your question concerning which
application I was refering to Excel and Word, and if I'm not mistaken
powerpoint also had this option. Is there a reason why it went away?

Thanks again,

David
 
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Beth Melton

I suspect you are thinking of the option found under
Tools/Options/Save called "Automatic Save". The option was renamed to
AutoRecovery Save in Office 97. The functionality didn't change, just
the wording since it made users think the application was performing
an automatic save and it wasn't. So if the option you are thinking of
was under Tools/Options/Save then only the name has changed. :)

Now, Excel's had an AutoSave add-in, located under Tools/Add-ins,
which was removed in Office 2003. Word had a similar add-in that was
shipped with Word 2000 but it wasn't available in the interface. You
needed to load a global template, named Macros9.dot and run a
SaveReminderInstall macro to install the functionality so it wasn't
easy to find. PowerPoint never had such an add-in.

Last I checked the add-ins still work in Excel and Word 2003. You can
get Macros9.dot from here: http://word.mvps.org/downloads/ but I don't
know where you could download the add-in for Excel.

Personally I never recommended using the Excel add-in since once your
workbook is saved you can no longer undo any changes. Invariably the
few times I used it, my workbooks were saved at precisely the wrong
time. :-(

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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