Back Up Excel Files Online Protect your mission-critical Microsoft Excel data and settings with Remote Data Backups, the cost-effective and easy online Excel file backup program. Excel File Uses Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheets program. Excel files are used to create and manage budgets and financial data. Excel File Extensions include: *.xls,*.csv (settings) *.xlb (templates) *.xlt Default Excel File Locations: C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents

Accidentally deleted Excel files? With Remote Data Backups, you can quickly and easily restore Excel files up to the last 10 stored versions.

Tips for Locating Excel Files to Back Up or Restore

• To search your computer for these files:
  • Click the Start button, move to Search or Find, click All Files and Folders, type the file name(s) or extension(s) you want to search for, and click the Search button.
  • You can also use the Search button within Windows Explorer.
  • Click the View menu and click Details to see the folders where the files are located.
• To use Remote Data Backups to search for these files:
  • Click the Backup View or Retrieve View tab, click the Operations menu, click Find, type the file name(s) or extension(s) you want to search for, and click the Find Next button.
  • Continue to click Find Next to find all matching files.
• To use Remote Data Backups to select files by extension:
  • Click the Backup View tab, click the Options menu, move to Advanced Backup Rules and click File Types.
  • Select an extension of files to back up (*.xls,*.csv) and click the Include button.
  • Repeat for each extension of files you want backed up.
  • Click OK.
• User data is usually stored in a separate place from settings and preferences, and a computer with multiple users has multiple folders for user data.
• Many programs store information within the Documents and Settings folder, but others store some or all information in the Program Files folder.
• To see how much disk space a folder takes in Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click the folder and click Properties.

Back Up Excel Files Online

With our automatic file backup service, you can select to back up individual files, entire folders, or an entire hard drive. You can even access Excel files remotely and share Excel files between Remote Data Backup accounts. For more information, see the offsite backup and restore documentation.

To back up Excel files offsite,

• To back up data files only, simply select the files or folders to back up using the Backup view. If your files are deleted or damaged, simply select the files or folders to restore using the Restore tab in the Remote Data Backups software.
• If Excel has its own backup and recovery software utility and you are not using Easy System Restore, we recommend you back up Excel to the hard drive using Excel's built-in backup software and then back up the Excel backup using Remote Data Backups. To restore the data, reverse this process.
• To assure all program settings are backed up, we recommend that you back up the entire Windows system using the 10 MB or 30 MB online backup solution. If your files are deleted or damaged, simply restore the Windows system using the Windows Easy System Restore tab in the Remote Data Backups software.

Offsite Data Protection for Your Excel Files

How long would it take to recreate your Excel data and Excel settings? If you back up spreadsheets files and personal settings with the Remote Data Backups file backup program, you can be back to normal in a matter of minutes with our web file recovery service.

We provide free 24/7 support of Excel offsite backup. We can help you quickly identify and locate your mission-critical Excel files and safeguard your organization from disaster. We would be more than happy to walk you through a backup or recovery. Download a 30-day free online backup software trial and see how easily Remote Data Backups can protect your Microsoft Excel files and ALL your important data.