Word X backup copies no longer working correctly

[mactechservices]

On a G4 running X.4.8, and Word X, when I use the automatic backup of
file (save preference) it makes one copy. When I attempt to open the
document and make the second, I do not get copy 1 backed up. In fact I
do not have any file. Last year it used to keep making copies and
numbering them.

Has anyone else seen this? Do you think this a Finder setting or a
Word setting?

Example: I have a document (Test), when I open it, make changes and
hit save it makes the (Backup Test) and saves Test. When I do it
again I expect to see (Backup Test copy 1, and Backup Test) and so on
as the numbers increment. This does not happen, although it used to.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

No, you should get "Backup of File name.doc"

The Word "Always Make Backup" preference saves only the penultimate copy:
one only.

Cheers

On a G4 running X.4.8, and Word X, when I use the automatic backup of
file (save preference) it makes one copy. When I attempt to open the
document and make the second, I do not get copy 1 backed up. In fact I
do not have any file. Last year it used to keep making copies and
numbering them.

Has anyone else seen this? Do you think this a Finder setting or a
Word setting?

Example: I have a document (Test), when I open it, make changes and
hit save it makes the (Backup Test) and saves Test. When I do it
again I expect to see (Backup Test copy 1, and Backup Test) and so on
as the numbers increment. This does not happen, although it used to.

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