Make Automated Backups in Office 2000 You can configure Word to make automated backups of every file (to prevent file corruption from the frequent crashes) by following these steps: Select Options from the Tools menu, and choose the Save tab. Turn on the Always create backup copy option, and click Ok. However, as part of Microsoft's goal of seamless interface consistency, this functionality is completely different in Excel: When saving a file, click Tools in the toolbar, and select General Options. Turn on the Always create backup option, and click Ok. The problem is that this option is only saved for the current file; you'll have to go through the above steps to have automatic backups for each and every file you save in Excel. In PowerPoint, there is no backup option at all. However, in Tools -> Options -> Save, there is a similar option, Save Autorecover Info. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Friday, August 10, 2001 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows XP] How Do I Put Autobackups in a Different Folder? (Rob Pilgrim: Wednesday, April 24, 2002) [Windows 2000] How Do I Put Autobackups in a different folder on a mapped drive or share? (Will: Tuesday, March 11, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'Make Automated Backups in Office 2000' (David Lubell: Saturday, September 20, 2003) [Windows 2000] Question about 'Make Automated Backups in Office 2000' (Señor X: Friday, June 3, 2005) Return to "Applications"