Open your troublesome workbook
Show the File|SaveAs dialog
Click on Tools|General Options|Uncheck "always create backup"
and continue your save to overwrite that file.

Judy in Orlando wrote:

How do I stop the creation of a 'backup' document every time I open a
workbook? I have one document that creates a new backup automatically each
time I open the workbook, but that is not needed. I don't know if there is a
macro code I need to turn off to prevent this happening~

Thank you

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Dave Peterson