How do you copy a save?

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Before Microsoft 365, you would edit a file and then use Save As to save your changes as a new document. These days with AutoSave, your changes are always being saved so you won't lose your work. To make sure you don't accidentally save changes in the original file, use Save a Copy BEFORE you start making your edits to ensure you're working on the new copy and not overwriting the original.

How do you copy a save?

Todd's story about AutoSave and Save a Copy

Open the file you want to copy

Inga uses a monthly Excel budget report that she created to keep track of her team’s expenses for reimbursement.

Todd has recently become manager of his own team and wants to keep track of his own monthly expenses. Instead of doing the work from scratch, he decides it would be more efficient to use Inga’s budget report as a template.

How do you copy a save?

Save a Copy to use as a starting point

Todd goes into Inga’s team SharePoint site and opens the Excel budget report for the latest month. Since the spreadsheet is in the cloud, Todd knows that AutoSave will automatically save his changes to the file if he makes them.

Because he doesn’t want to overwrite Inga’s data, before he makes any changes, he goes to File and clicks Save a Copy to download a copy of the report into his OneDrive.

How do you copy a save?

Make changes to your copied file

After saving to his OneDrive, Office automatically opens the file in Excel. Now Todd is working in his version of Inga’s report and is safe to make changes without worrying about changing her data.

He changes the title and cost center number of the report and clears the fields he needs to make it ready for him to fill out. Todd knows that with AutoSave, his report will always save the latest changes.

How do you copy a save?

Discard unwanted edits with Version History

Todd has made several copies of his budget report in preparation for the months ahead. However, he just realized that the report he's been updating with numbers for the next month, is actually the report for last month. Though his changes have been saving automatically over his data, Todd isn't worried because he can Restore a previous version of a file with Version History.

He selects the title of his budget report and selects Version History. He can see the different points in time where Excel has created a version of his file and he opens the one without his accidental changes in a new window. Now, he can easily restore his file with no damage done!

Where is Save As?

How do you copy a save?

Need more help?

Saves a copy of the current file.

See also 

Saving and copying files

Automating tasks with scripts

Options 

Specify output file allows you to specify the name and location of the resulting copy. See Creating file paths. You can select:

Automatically open file to have the output file open with the default application

Create email with file as attachment to display a new email message in the user's default email application, with the output file attached

If you do not specify a file, FileMaker Pro Advanced saves a copy of the current file and displays the Save As dialog box so the user can specify copying options.

Choose how to save a copy of the file:

copy of current file saves a complete copy of the current file.

compacted copy saves a compacted copy of the current file.

clone (no records) saves a copy of the file without any records.

self-contained copy (single file) saves a copy of the file with all container content embedded in the file.

Create folders specifies whether to create new folders that you specify in the output file path.

Compatibility 

Product 

Supported 

FileMaker Pro Advanced 

Yes 

FileMaker Go 

Partial 

FileMaker WebDirect 

No 

FileMaker Server 

No 

FileMaker Cloud products 

No 

FileMaker Data API 

No 

Custom Web Publishing 

No 

Runtime solution 

Yes 

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description 

Use this script step to back up your file.

Notes 

In FileMaker Pro Advanced, this script step is not supported when the current file is hosted.

In FileMaker Go:

Choose self-contained copy (single file). Container objects will be embedded in the copy.

The Create folders option is not supported.

Example 1 

Saves a copy or clone of the current database.

Show Custom Dialog ["Save a copy or empty clone of the current file?"]
If [Get ( LastMessageChoice ) = 1]
Save a Copy as [copy of current file ; Create folders: Off]
Else
Save a Copy as [clone (no records) ; Create folders: Off]
End If

How do I make a copy of a saved file?

There are many ways to copy a file in Windows. The simplest way is by using the Copy command which can be accessed by right-clicking on a file and selecting the command from the context menu. You can then left click somewhere else in the window so that the file is no longer selected, right click, and select Paste.

Is save as the same as making a copy?

"Save a Copy" seems to make the most sense for today's workflows. Save A Copy: saves the document under a new name, but the original stays open for editing, not the new one. Save As: You save the document under a new name, and the new file stays open for editing.

How do you copy and save in Excel?

To do this: Select File > Save As > Download a Copy. If Excel asks whether to open or save the workbook, select Save. Note: If you select Open instead of Save, the workbook will open in Protected View.

What are the 3 ways to save a document?

Save your document Click FILE > Save, pick or browse to a folder, type a name for your document in the File name box, and click Save. Save your work as you go - hit Ctrl+S often. To print, click the FILE tab, and then click Print.