Auto Save Add in

[Eva Davis]

Does anyone know where I can get AUTOSAVE.XLA
Which is the auto save add in from earlier versions.
I am on 2003 know and it does not have that add in.

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
a repost from Dave Peterson:
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Short descriptions:

Autosave (an addin in xl versions before xl2002), the workbook gets
saved at
user selectable intervals (just like a manual save). (If you're
running
xl2002+, then if you can find a copy of autosave, it'll work with that
version,
too.)

xl2002+ has a feature called autorecovery. It's used to catch
catestrophic
events (excel/windows crashing). But it won't help if you never save
or you
close excel normally.

But Jan Karel Pieterse has an addin that's the best of both worlds:
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.

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You may want to get a copy of Jan Karel's addin. It might save a few
tears in
the future.

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

 

[Gord Dibben]

And a re-post from Gord Dibben.

That would depend upon which version of Excel you are running.

There is no Autosave in XL2002 and 2003 as there was in earlier versions.

Autorecovery is it. This is not the same as Autosave.

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 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

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 Excel MVP