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To turn automatic backups on or off, open the "UTILITIES" > "OPTIONS" dialog and choose
the BACKUPS tab.

Backup open documents
To turn backups on select this checkbox and choose how often you would like backups
to be taken. The suggested period is 10 mins, which means each open document will be
backed up if it’s more than 10 mins since the last backup of that document was taken (or
since the document was created or opened).

Note that once the configured period since the last backup has expired, the next backup
is only saved when the program has been idle for at least 15 secs. This is to avoid
interrupting your work as much as possible and to avoid backing up the document while it
is being actively modified. In normal use it’s unlikely that there won’t be regular inactive
periods of 15 secs or more, allowing a backup to be taken soon after it is due. But note
that if you are actively editing for an extended period of time it could be significantly
longer than the configured backup period before the next backup runs.

The Automatic Backup facility does not save modifications to open ‘edit inside’ sub-
documents. Only the parent main document is saved when a scheduled backup runs, in
its current state without the unsaved group edits. For this reason it's recommended that
you save ‘edit inside’ edits back to the parent document regularly.

When a backup is taken, you’ll see the save progress bar appear at the bottom of the
Xara Designer Pro X window while the save is completed.

Backup location
User the BROWSE button if you want to change the folder where your backups are stored.

You can access the backup documents saved here at any time 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.