saving versions on by default?

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Is there a setting anywhere to turn on the "Automatically save a version on close" for all new docs? I have tried to turn it on for custom templates we use as well as local settings on each macine. It looks as if the only way to use this feature is to turn it on manually under File>Versions. Is anyone using this feature as a default setting?
 
This is definitely not advisable. Not only does saving versions vastly
increase the file size, it is also one of the likely causes of document
corruption.

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BLgroup said:
Is there a setting anywhere to turn on the "Automatically save a version
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on close" for all new docs? I have tried to turn it on for custom templates
we use as well as local settings on each macine. It looks as if the only way
to use this feature is to turn it on manually under File>Versions. Is anyone
using this feature as a default setting?
 
Is there a better tool available for version tracking within small teams? We have a few individuals who are fanatic about revisions and doc ownership

BTW, I discovered that my problem was only within about 10% of our templates. The setting does reside within the template and would work.
 
At the very least, after every three of four revisions consider turning the
feature off and doing a save-as to strip the file of the old versions and
cut down on the likelihood of corruption. Save the old copies with the
versions enabled in an archival folder.

How about track changes (which also needs cleaning up from time to time). It
can show you who made what changes (or at least on which computer they were
made). This can be set up so that the revisions are not normally shown on
screen or printed but can be shown or printed when needed.

Again, doing this on all of your documents is going to produce major
headaches.
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Charles Kenyon

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BLgroup said:
Is there a better tool available for version tracking within small teams?
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We have a few individuals who are fanatic about revisions and doc ownership.
BTW, I discovered that my problem was only within about 10% of our
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templates. The setting does reside within the template and would work.
 
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