Hi,
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:04, bill wrote:
> Manfred J. Krause wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 22:01, bill wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>> 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.
>>
>> [...]
>
> 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}
Sorry - no other idea.
Maybe you'll need some creative macro support* ... ;-)
*[ http://bizdev.openoffice.org/consultants.html ]
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