Make Automated Backups in Office 2000
You can configure Word to make automated backups of every file (to prevent file corruption from the frequent crashes) by following these steps:
- Select Options from the Tools menu, and choose the Save tab.
- Turn on the Always create backup copy option, and click Ok.
However, as part of Microsoft's goal of seamless interface consistency, this functionality is completely different in Excel:
- When saving a file, click Tools in the toolbar, and select General Options.
- Turn on the Always create backup option, and click Ok.
The problem is that this option is only saved for the current file; you'll have to go through the above steps to have automatic backups for each and every file you save in Excel.
In PowerPoint, there is no backup option at all. However, in Tools -> Options -> Save, there is a similar option, Save Autorecover Info.
Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Friday, August 10, 2001
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