Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
tflapp tflapp is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2
Default does anyone know how to hide backup files?

i like the idea of backing up my files, but the backups cause a lot of
clutter. is there a way of hiding them?
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill Suzanne S. Barnhill is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 33,624
Default does anyone know how to hide backup files?

You won't see them in Word's File Open and Save dialogs if you have the file
type set to All Word Documents rather than All Files. I don't think you can
hide them in Windows Explorer (except perhaps by hiding Hidden and System
files, though I think that affects just the temp files).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"tflapp" wrote in message
...
i like the idea of backing up my files, but the backups cause a lot of
clutter. is there a way of hiding them?



Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Backup files shakey Microsoft Word Help 5 August 28th 07 05:41 PM
How do I backup files in word? gomohr Microsoft Word Help 1 July 16th 06 04:49 AM
can backup wbk files be set to allways be hidden files? [email protected] Microsoft Word Help 4 August 13th 05 04:52 PM
Word backup files Jackie D Microsoft Word Help 11 July 5th 05 01:59 PM
locatio of Backup files Barbara White Microsoft Word Help 3 March 16th 05 02:37 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:07 PM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"