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In other issues of WordTips you learned that Word does not automatically save backup files of your documents, but that you can enable such a feature. If you instruct Word to save backup files, there will undoubtedly come a time when you want to open one of the backup files. The process of opening a backup file is very similar to the process of opening a regular document. Follow these steps:
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2019-03-18 16:57:06
Allan
Adam, you have to use the *, ie, *.WBK . This is a carry over from the old DOS days.
2019-02-01 00:46:40
Adam
This doesn't work. ".wbk" turns up nothing.
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