How to Turn Off Background Saving in Word

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Microsoft Word 2003 automatically saves documents you are working on in the background. If you haven't saved the document yet, the documents are saved in the background in a temporary file. While this feature can be helpful, you may want to turn it off to increase your productivity. Follow the steps below to stop Microsoft Word from saving your documents in the background without you instructing it to do so.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Microsoft Word 2003

Step1

Open Microsoft Word 2003, and start a new, blank document or open an existing document from your files.

Step2

Select the "Tools" menu, and click "Options" to open the "Options" dialog box onto the Word screen. The "Options" dialog box contains all the detailed options that can be set to change how Word interacts with you.

Step3

Choose the "Save" tab at the top of the "Options" dialog box to display the options that are associated with saving in a Microsoft Word document.

Step4

Click the checkbox before the phrase "Allow background saves" in the "Save Options" section of the "Options" dialog box. This will remove the check from the checkbox so background saving will be turned off in Word.

Step5

Use the "OK" button to close the "Options" dialog box and return to your Word document. From now on, Microsoft Word will not background save any document in Word.

Tips & Warnings

You can turn background saving back on by visiting the "Save" section of the "Options" dialog box and putting a checkmark in the "Allow background saves" checkbox.
Remember to save your documents often, because turning off background saving in Microsoft Word will prevent Word from creating backup copies in the case of a crash.