Backup copy to special folders?

[kevs]

I've turned off always create a back up copy because these are such a
nuisance and collect throughout all my folders.

Anyway to get them all in just one specified folder?

Kevs




OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I've turned off always create a back up copy because these are such a
nuisance and collect throughout all my folders.

Anyway to get them all in just one specified folder?

Take a look at this thread


http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/browse_th
read/thread/959745d386775bc9/4465daf23dbb5dc7?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=en#4465
daf23dbb5dc7

or, if linewrap is a problem:

http://tinyurl.com/2v5x88

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Kevs:

Not really. John's script is one work-around. It saves the document twice,
once to your preferred backup folder.

However, there is no way to get Word's "backup" facility to save to
different folder, simply because it's NOT a "save"

Word never "saves" a backup file, it simply "re-names" the current file,
then saves the new one. This has multiple benefits, not the least of which
is that it's at least twice as fast.

Cheers

I've turned off always create a back up copy because these are such a
nuisance and collect throughout all my folders.

Anyway to get them all in just one specified folder?

Kevs




OS 10.4.7
Office 2004

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[JE McGimpsey]

Word never "saves" a backup file, it simply "re-names" the current file,
then saves the new one. This has multiple benefits, not the least of which
is that it's at least twice as fast.

Hmmm...

That SHOULD mean that one could attach a Folder Action script to one's
various folders that scans the folder for filenames starting with
"Backup of", transferring them to a central location (overwriting, if
necessary).

Can't experiment right now, but I'll put it on my list of things to do
in my copious free time.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hmmm...

That SHOULD mean that one could attach a Folder Action script to one's
various folders that scans the folder for filenames starting with
"Backup of", transferring them to a central location (overwriting, if
necessary).

Can't experiment right now, but I'll put it on my list of things to do
in my copious free time.

Your capacity to jest is inexhaustible, JE...

CH
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[John McGhie]

John!! That's absolutely brilliant

I was actually simplifying things a little in my earlier post. What I
understand the sequence of a "Save" to be is:

1) Word checks the "Always make backup" property. If True:

2) Word writes from memory to a new file.

3) Word renames the "current" to "Backup of..."

4) Word renames "New" to the original file name.

5) Word deletes the TMP file (which is in the TMP directory).

So it's a write and two renames. You would need to ensure that you do not
accidentally pick up the temporary file before it gets renamed.

If you could get this to work, I am sure many Word pilots would be deeply
grateful. Many on the Mac get upset by the backup files. On Windows, the
default is that the backup files are hidden, so they never see them!

Cheers

Hmmm...

That SHOULD mean that one could attach a Folder Action script to one's
various folders that scans the folder for filenames starting with
"Backup of", transferring them to a central location (overwriting, if
necessary).

Can't experiment right now, but I'll put it on my list of things to do
in my copious free time.

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]