Backups
There are three types of backup files create by Page 2 Stage. While you may never need any of them, there are there for the times when emergencies occur and they are a lifesaver. These features are three examples where Page 2 Stage is handling every eventuality.

Auto-Save
This is a backup of the work you are presently doing. Every time you do not press any key or click the mouse for 20 seconds, it will save a copy of your work as it is right then. If you are typing constantly with no 20 second breaks, then after 10 minutes it will save a copy as you are working. So this backup copy is never more than 10 minutes old. Note: You can change both the no typing time and the force time. Or turn this feature off.

Backup Copy
This backup copy has the same name as your saved file but has an extension of sav instead of sws. So for the file tutorial.sws, the backup file is tutorial.sav. For a new document that has not been saved, and therefore has no file name, this file will use the name given it until it is named, which is usually Script1.sav. If your computer loses power or locks up, when you restart Page 2 Stage, just open the .sav file and you still have all the editing you just completed.

Why this is important
Computers lock up. Computers lose power. Unfortunately this is a fact of life. But with the backup, the work you did is not lost.

Backup
Every time you open a file to edit it, Page 2 Stage will save a copy of the file before your editing, with an extension of bak. In the case of tutorial.sws, the backup would be tutorial.bak. This file is copy of the file when you first open it, before any edits or saves. Saving a file multiple times while editing does not change the .bak file. It is a copy of the file before your editing session. Note: You can turn this feature off.
If you open a file and do not change it, the .bak file will not be created. It is when you first save a changed file that the .bak file is created. Every time you start a new editing session, the old .bak file is replaced with the new .bak file. If all the changes you made this editing session are terrible and you want to go back to the previous version, open the ,bak file.

Why this is important
There will come a time where at the end of an editing session you will look at the new script and realize - it's horrible. You just want the old script back. As long as you realize that before you close and re-open the script, you've got it.

Power Off
When a laptop is running low on power, Windows will broadcast a message to all programs. When a laptop is going into suspend mode, Windows will broadcast a message to all programs. If you have a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), when your electricity goes off and the UPS tells Windows there is only a couple of minutes left, Windows broadcasts a message to all programs. When Page 2 Stage receives this message, it saves all scripts you have open with an extension of .sav - even if you have auto-save turned off.

Why this is important
Cars crash into phone poles breaking electrical wires. Laptop batteries go dead. But with the save, the work you did is not lost.