Re: Always Create Backup Copy
- From: "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 10:41:29 +0200
It's a Word setting - tools > options > save. If that isn't holding it
suggests a problem with the data key in the registry associated with the
user profile. Delete that key and all should be well until next time it
corrupts. Word 2003 particularly has a bad habit of losing random settings
stored in this key. If the problem persists you will need a pair of auto
macros in her normal.dot to force the settings that don't stick - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
Why do you want to turn this valuable option off? It is no trouble to
occasionally delete unwanted backups and their availability can save a lot
of retyping when problems arise.
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Gilley wrote:
This may have been covered in another conversation but I couldn't
seem to find it. We have a user that received a new PC with Office
2003 on it. By mistake the 'Always Create Backup Copy' was left
checked in Word when it was put on her desk.
I was always under the impression that this was a global Word setting
versus a document level setting.
I turned the option off under Tools > Options > Save on her computer,
but the backup copies seem to keep being made.
Today she send me a Word document and not even thinking about it,
opened it, made some changes, saved and closed it. When I looked at
the directory where I save the document on my computer, I saw the
backup file. On my computer, this option is turned off. This is
when I realized that his option must be a a document level versus a
global level setting.
How can you turn this off for all Word documents? Do I need to
update her Normal.dot with this option turned off? I would hate for
her to have to open all the Word docs she has created/edited since
receiving her new computer to turn this off a doc at a time.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance and have a great weekend,
Gilley
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