Word 2002 "always create backup copy" option

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We have turned this option off and on many of our desktops it will automatically turn itself back on. Sometime it will happen within a day or two and sometimes it might be a couple weeks before it turns back on. Has anyone else seen this or does anyone have suggestions on how to turn it off and KEEP it off
Thanks!
 
I personally would not want it off; it has saved my bacon enough times to
make it worth my while to delete the accumulated backup files from time to
time. But you might see whether an add-in is causing this problem. For
example, whenever I create a PDF from Word, the "Update fields" setting on
the Print tab of Tools | Options is disabled.

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tanner said:
We have turned this option off and on many of our desktops it will
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automatically turn itself back on. Sometime it will happen within a day or
two and sometimes it might be a couple weeks before it turns back on. Has
anyone else seen this or does anyone have suggestions on how to turn it off
and KEEP it off?
 
I agree with Suzanne - it is better to have this on and clear out the
unwanted files occasionally. However, you can force it off each time you
open or create a new document with a pair of auto... macros. In the examples
below I have included some other settings that force the user environment.
The only one that matters here for your application is the last line -
Options.CreateBackup = False
The other lines you can keep or delete as preferred.- - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub Autonew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End With
CommandBars("Reviewing").Visible = False
Options.CreateBackup = False
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
End With
Options.CreateBackup = False
End Sub


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