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The Backups tab in the Options dialog also allows you to turn on automatic backup and restore
. When this option is on, when the you close Web Designer MX Premium you will not be prompted to
save any modified documents that you have open. Instead all open documents are backed up to the
backups folder and the program closes. Then when you next start the program, the same documents are
automatically reloaded so that you can continue working where you left off.
Note that if you have any "Edit inside" sub-document views open, these are silently closed and saved
back to the main document when the program is closed, and the main document is backed up. The 'edit
inside' sub-document views are not re-opened on next program start. See editing inside groups.
Recovering from abnormal program closures
If you have automatic backups turned on and the program closes abnormally (perhaps due to a power
failure for example) the program should detect this when it is next restarted. It will then offer you the
chance to restore the most recent backup version of each document that was open at the time of the last
backup.
Abnormal closure will not be detected if no automatic backup completed since the last normal program
closure.
Backups on system shut down
If you shut down Windows without first closing the program, all open documents are backed up to the
backup folder even if 'Backup open documents on program close' is not turned on. This allows system
shutdown to proceed without Web Designer MX Premium interrupting it by prompting you about
unsaved or modified documents. On next program startup you'll be asked whether or not you want to
restore the documents that were open at the time of the system shut down.
Recovering backups
You can access your document backups using the "File" > "Open recent" > "Backups"
menu option. This opens a file dialog onto your backup folder so that you can browse, open, or delete
any of your backup files. It's a good idea to use this file dialog to clear out any old unwanted backups
periodically.
Note that when you load a backup document, it is not automatically associated with the design file from
which the backup was taken. It's treated as an independent document in its own right. Therefore if you
decide to keep a backup document you should use "File" > "Save As"
to save it elsewhere with a suitable name.
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