Working with Backup Versions

You can choose that Text Editor maintains a file containing the previously saved version of a file each time it performs a save. You do this using the Backup on Save menu item on the Options menu. The default setting is un-selected, so each time you run Text Editor, the setting reverts to the default.

When performing a save with Backup on Save selected, Text Editor first copys the original file to a new file name (the old file name with a percent character "%" appended), and then saves the edited file to the original file name.

To Recover the Backup Version of a File

You can revert to the previously saved version of a file in which you are interested as follows:

1. Choose Open from the File menu.

   Text Editor displays the Open a File dialog.

2. Browse to the folder containing the file in which you are interested, and select the corresponding file name with a percent character "%" appended.

   Text Editor opens the file.

3. Use the Save As command in the file menu to overwrite the original file.

   The original file now contains the contents of the previous version.