Dear Alan: OK, subject closed. That's exactly what I get, too. Each .bak copy is always one generation behind the .sdw file and I only need to use Save to save. No need for Save As. When I delete the extra material (which I added by stages, i.e. by "generations") from .sdw, the .bak will not delete it (since it has added it cumulatively, one generation at a time) until I modify .sdw again, even if only by typing a word and then deleting it. That modification means "one generation" to SO, and .bak is now identical to .sdw (i.e. both files end the way they began, with the original material that I first typed on it when I first gave it a name). But the process must, naturally, first begin with a name, and you don't see the .bak file until AFTER the first modification, i.e. until the second generation. In WP8 as in MSWord, you see the backup with each generation, including after the very first one. That's the difference that has driven me batty. At last, this madness is over. Thanks a million, Alan for verifying this. And my thanks to Axalon and everyone else who has been kind enough to respond. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
