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Mike Miller · Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Portland, Oregon

Word 2007 allows for both a generated Backup copy of your current document as well as the AutoRecovery feature.

AutoRecovery can be found in Office Button > Word Options > Save.
Backup Copy can be found in Office Button > Word Options > Advanced > Save (section).

Here is the help text description of AutoRecovery:
Save AutoRecover information every
Word automatically creates an AutoRecover file at the interval that you specify in the minutes box. The interval must be a positive number from 1 to 120. If your computer stops responding, or you lose power unexpectedly, the AutoRecover file is opened the next time that you start Word. The AutoRecover file may contain unsaved information that would otherwise be lost from your original document.

*Important* AutoRecover does not replace the Save command. You must still save your document when you finish working on it.

Here is the help text description of Backup Copy:
Always create backup copy
Select this option to create a backup copy of a document each time you save the document. Each backup copy replaces the previous backup copy. Word adds the phrase "Backup of" to the file name and applies the file extension .wbk to all backup copies. The backup copies are saved in the same folder as your original document.

Cheers,

-- Mike