I have been asked by our sales department what generates the auto-backup of a number of excel files (configured by an old employee).

I have attached a screen dump of the icons as they appear.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Phil

Howdy. When someone saves the file, you can select "Tools" dropdown in upper right corner of dialog box. Choose "General options". In resulting dialog in upper left is an option to "Always create backup". Uncheck that box.

Many thanks.
Where is that on Office 2003 version? I selected 'Tools' Options then 'General'
Phil.

Many thanks.
Where is that on Office 2003 version? I selected 'Tools' Options then 'General'
Phil.

Nope, wrong spot. You looked at Tools in the Excel menu.

Go to File > Save as > and in the resulting dialog box, then look for the Tools dropdown in the upper right corner of that dialog box.

Shades many thanks for your help.
Phil.

Glad to help. Sometimes these "little things" can be annoying and frustrating.