A simple step-by-step guide to help you make your first backup.

Let's suppose you want to make a ZIP-backup of the "My Documents" folder.
The following steps describe how to create and execute a Profile to do just that.

1. Start Abakt and create a new Profile. [File | New Profile].

2. Go to page Source [F6]:
   Click the button 'Add'.
   Browse to "My Documents" and click OK. Abakt will display a folder like "C:\Documents and Settings\erik\My Documents" and its subfolders.

   All files in unselected directories will be ignored when executing an Action.

3. [Optionally] On the Files-panel: Right-click a file, a popup menu appears that will help you create new FilterSets.
   You can review/edit the FilterSets on page Filters [F7].

4. Go to page Action/Action Type [F8]:
   Select the desired Action: "Zip".

5. Go to page Action/Action Type Settings [F9]:
   Review the settings for the selected Action ("Zip"). The default settings should be fine.

6. Go to page Destination [F10]:
   Click the button 'Directory' and select an existing directory or create a new one.

7. To create the backup click the button 'Execute Action'.