Manfred J. Krause wrote:
Hi,
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 22:01, bill wrote:
Manfred J. Krause wrote:
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 16:17, bill wrote:
Manfred J. Krause wrote:
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 15:12, bill wrote:
bill wrote:
I have my save set to always save a backup copy.
Now I need that backup copy and can't find it.
How do I retrieve the backup copy ?
In the open dialog, when I select the file in question, only the
"current version" is listed.
[...]
Please see ->
Tools | Options | OpenOffice.org | Paths -> Backups
You may also open the file with right-click -> 'Open with ...'
from Windows explorer context menu.
Thank you.
I sure would prefer if the .bak file were saved in the original
directory.
I think it is common practice, to save a backup file
in a different path. ;-)
Anyway - you're free to change the path:
Tools | Options | OpenOffice.org | Paths ->
select <Backups>
choose >Edit ...<
Is there a way to set the backup directory to be the source directory,
whatever that happens to be ?
It isn't easy (to me) to understand your intention.
Perhaps working with *versions* would be a better solution?
Please have a look at the *OpenOffice.org Help* <F1>
Index:
- version management
- versions;comparing documents
etc.
So you may save different versions in addition to
your "current version" (see above - your words)
in the same file.
Maybe that we misunderstand each other ... ;-)
Manfred
versions does what I want but is more complex than needed.
What I am used to, and like, is to have the 1 prior version (the file
that was opened, or the most recently saved) renamed to filename.bak
when the current version is saved.
That gives you one chance to catch an error.
It should be configurable (on/off) and you should have the option of
configuring the backup location to be fixed (as it is now) or variable,
e.g: {current directory}
bill
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