XL97: Always Create Backup Fails on Internet FTP Location

When you save a workbook to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site while in Microsoft Excel 97, the option to "Always create backup" does not work. However, after you save the file a second time, a file by the following name is created: where <File name> is the name of the file you are saving.

To create a backup to an FTP location, save the file to the FTP site and then immediately click Save As on the File menu and save the file with a different name. The first file you saved is the backup, and the second file is the working copy.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

For more information about creating backups of files click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Save a backup copy of a workbook" topic.