auto save... EXcel and Word
is thee a way to configure MS excel and Word to automatically save a copy. so many times i am asked to see if i can recover a disaterous loss...which was not saved upon closing.
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
thank you for responding....
office 2010
i tried with word... unsucessful at least if i undeerstand what this configurations accomplish.
auto save - 5 min and a ck is on the " keep the last autosave if i close without saving.
i opened word... wrote something.. then held it open for quite some time. then closed with out saving... no saved back up was there for me.
is that not what this is suppose to accomplish.?
office 2010
i tried with word... unsucessful at least if i undeerstand what this configurations accomplish.
auto save - 5 min and a ck is on the " keep the last autosave if i close without saving.
i opened word... wrote something.. then held it open for quite some time. then closed with out saving... no saved back up was there for me.
is that not what this is suppose to accomplish.?
The autosave is for crashes. When you exit the program with or without a save it "cleans up" temporary files and autosaves.
If word crashes, the autosave is left behind. When an office product is started the next time, and it finds an autosave file, it prompts you for how you wish to handle it.
If you perform the steps earlier in the thread for a backup copy, then the backup copy is made when you perform a save.
- Tom
If word crashes, the autosave is left behind. When an office product is started the next time, and it finds an autosave file, it prompts you for how you wish to handle it.
If you perform the steps earlier in the thread for a backup copy, then the backup copy is made when you perform a save.
- Tom
ASKER
ah...
so then is there a program which will automatically save the last thing i have worked on, and thereby prevent my inadvertant " i forgot to save disaster" ?
so then is there a program which will automatically save the last thing i have worked on, and thereby prevent my inadvertant " i forgot to save disaster" ?
Not exactly.
First off, the user can't really "forget" to save. If changes have been made to a "document" (any Office document regardless of type), the Office program will prompt the user to choose to save or not.
If the user chooses not to save then no backup is made and the autosave file is removed during the clean-up as the Office product exits.
- Tom
First off, the user can't really "forget" to save. If changes have been made to a "document" (any Office document regardless of type), the Office program will prompt the user to choose to save or not.
If the user chooses not to save then no backup is made and the autosave file is removed during the clean-up as the Office product exits.
- Tom
ASKER
ok ... thanks for the help... i wish they had an option to autosave everything untill te next document , and then that would write over the prior......
woul dmake many happier.
woul dmake many happier.
Set your location and time interval.
Doc1.docx