[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you look at the "Save document to two locations" section of
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Ron Patterson" wrote in message
m...
Thank you Suzanne for the explanation. It just seems at odds with the way
Excel works (which I prefer). When you save an Excel file the backup copy
created is the same as the file you just worked on. Aside from the 'work
around' that I mentioned can you think of any way to tweak Word to act the
same way.

Ron


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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If by "backup" you mean the "Backup of filename.wbk" file, then the
previous version is exactly what this is meant to be--a known good
version to which you can revert if the current one goes pear-shaped. To
create true backups (on a different drive or on external media), you need
backup software, or at least the utility referenced from
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm (found at
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Ron Patterson" wrote in message
m...
Apparently when you edit a file in Word 2002 and save it, it only saves
a backup copy of the previous file rendition. If you have made any
changes, the current backup copy will not reflect them. So, to create a
current backup copy of a file I have edited, I must save it, then alter
it with a period or something, then save it again, then delete the last
change. How can I make Word save the current version of a file. Excel
does this. Why someone would want to save the previous version is
beyond me. They could always use SAVE AS to retain the previous version
if they wanted to for some reason. It seems to me the 'default' should
always be to save the most current version.