Hi Kevin;
There's nothing about the typical individual user settings for Office or OS
X that would cause what you describe. The only thing that even comes close
is a Preferences setting in Word (only Word) to 'Always create backup copy'
but that does not apply to any of the other apps. Also, the backup copy
would be readily identifiable by its default name -- if the working file is
'abc.docx' the copy would be 'Backup of abc.docx'.
What you're describing indicates a problem of some sort with the OS or with
the manner in which you're saving your files. OS X will not permit more than
one file of a specific type to have the same name in the same folder. If you
attempt to do so you would be prompted as to whether you wanted to overwrite
the existing file. There must be something amiss, but you haven't provided
enough detail to troubleshoot it effectively.
Confirm that Office (12.2.4) & OS X (10.5.8) are fully updated, repair disk
permissions & restart your Mac. If the problem persists please submit a NEW
message with a *unique* descriptive Subject line - the use of this generic
'microsoft word' subject has caused your message to get sucked into another
thread that used the same one.
Make sure to specify your update levels in the new message as well as how
these files are being named, what their extensions are, where they are being
created, etc. Also describe exactly how you go about saving your files. Give
a step-by-step description including the specific commands you use.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
