Thanks Suzanne
But when I go to the appropriate folder in My Documents and open it I can
see all the other files and their respective backups but not the one I am
currently trying to backup.

i.e. I just made a new Word file in a folder in My Docs. I SAVED it 2 or 3
times rapidly. When I go to Explorer and look in My Docs and that folder,
it shows the file I just created and the old files and their respective
backups but not a backup of the new file. And Always Create Backups was
checked in Save As tools.

Ron


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You won't see the backup file unless you have All Files displayed in the
File Open dialog. It will be saved as "Backup of filename.wbk." Note
that
it isn't a backup in the sense of a duplicate copy; it is just a copy of
the
previous version. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm

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"Ron Patterson" wrote in message
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RE Word 2002

I can not get Word to consistently make backups. I seem to recall
you
have to hit the SAVE button twice to make backups automatically?

In any case when I go to Save As - Tools - Save Options ..... Always
create backups is checked but it doesn't seem to do that. I can not
find
the backup file. Other times it seems to work just fine. Making me
crazy.

Ron Patterson