This will not save the file that's being changed. This will create a recovery
file that will be used if excel crashes.



challa prabhu wrote:

Hi,

Do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
The Options dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the Save Tab.
3. Under Setting, click Save Auto Recovery info every check box.
4. Type a number in the minutes in the "Save Auto Recovery info every" list
or click the arrow to select a time in minutes.
5. click OK, to accept the settings for this worksheet.

Challa Prabhu

"rhhubie" wrote:

I am running Office for students and home 2003 version. In older versions I
was able to have the excel files automatically save every few minutes. I
can't seem to do that with this version. What am I doing wrong?
Dick


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