see
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/backup.htm
for some help with that.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"R D S" wrote in message ...
Hi,
I have an excel database which autosaves every 10 mins.
This is OK until a mistake is made and this is saved. I would like to be
able to backtrack to a point in time, can i set excel to backup regularly
using different file names, maybe based on time/date?

Any help appreciated,
Rick