Lila said:
Why do my documents automatically create backup copies? My document
file is full of duplicate copies...sometimes I have backups of
backups, it gets very cluttered.
In the Tools > Options > Save dialog (or in Word 2007, Office button > Word
Options > Advanced > Save), the option "Always save backups copies" is
checked. This is actually a Good Thing, because it can sometimes let you
retrieve the original document when you accidentally save something else to
the same filename -- there are people crying about that in the newsgroups
two or three times a week.
If you don't want the backups, and especially the backups of backups, delete
them occasionally.
For another way of handling the situation, see
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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