Autosave for Excel

[Guest]

Hello To All,

I have been trying to figure out how to "autosave" files in Excel. It is
very possible that I am looking in the wrong location(tools/options), but all
I can seem to find is the auto recover. I am wanting to perform a backup of
a workbook/file at increment saving times and have found nothing progressive
except the level of personal dismay.

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Ron

 

[Guest]

It should be right under the tools menu- auto-save. IF not you have to go
into Add-ins and add it in.

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you still have autosave.xla from a previous version of excel, it'll work with
xl2002+. (Not sure about xl2007, though--I haven't tried it.)

Jan Karel Pieterse wrote an addin (works in any version) called AutoSafe (note
spelling).

It doesn't overwrite the existing workbook when it saves. It saves to a user
selectable folder. And when it's done, it either deletes these backups (or puts
them in the recycle bin). And the user can always restore the backups from the
recycle bin.

http://www.jkp-ads.com/Download.htm
(look for AutoSafe.zip, not autosafeVBE.zip, for your purposes.)

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for the quick response. I have opened the "tools" menu and
though I could not find "autosave" I did find the "Add-Ins." As I selection
it to activate, it gave me a number of analysis tool packs, but none that
stated specifically "autosave."

Analysis ToolPak
Analysis ToolPak - VBA
Conditional Sum Wizard
Euro Currency Tools
Internet Assistant VBA
Lookup Wizard
Solver Add-in

 

[Dave Peterson]

Autosave was removed with xl2002.

You'll have to find an old copy.

Gord Dibben posted this:

Autosave.xla from Office 2000 or 97 will work with Excel 2002 or 2003.
If you have a previous copy, move it to your Office\Library.
To download the 97 version see here........
http://www.stat.jmu.edu/trep/Marchat/sp2001/Library.htm

 

[Guest]

go to TOOLS/OPTIONS/SAVE and click the Autorecover box.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Ron

If you're using Excel 2002 or 2003, there is no Autosave in XL2002 and 2003 as
there was in earlier versions.

Autorecovery from Tools>Options>Save is it. This is not the same as Autosave
which made true incremental saves at intervals and alerted you before saving.

Autorecovery just saves a temporary file which it deletes if Excel closes
normally without incident.

BTW.....Dave Peterson reports that he tried an earlier version of Autosave.xla
in XL2002 and it seemed to work fine.

I have also tried the Autosave.XLA from XL97 on 2002 and 2003 and does the job.

To download the 97 version go here.....

http://www.stat.jmu.edu/trep/Marchat/sp2001/Library.htm

In addition to the above......Jan Karel Pieterse has an addin called AutoSafe
which also doen't alert before saving.

It doesn't overwrite the existing workbook when it saves. It saves to a user
selectable folder. And when it's done, it either deletes these backups (or
puts them in the recycle bin). And the user can always restore the backups
from the recycle bin.

http://www.jkp-ads.com/Download.htm

(look for AutoSafe.zip)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP