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urlwolf:
SyncBackSE should do it.
You can set it up so it backs up whenever you change/add/remove a file, so the synch'ing is realtime.

Also, office 2007 comes with Groove, a tool for collaboration that can do that and other tricks.

mwb1100:
I agree with the SyncBackSE recommendation.  It's an easy, flexible, and very well supported backup solution.

However, if you want to go with the free SyncBack version, you can get it to back up open files (on WinXP or later) using VSS if you're willing to do a bit of work.

Take a look at the support forum thread:  http://2brightsparks.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2801

There's information on using some tools made available by an MS blogger for scripting VSS volume shadows.  You can use those scripts to get a shadow started before a backup and stopped after the backup.  Voila - backup open files.  These scripts should be able to work with most any backup solution as long as you can get the backup to run scripts (or have the backup started by a script), not just SyncBack freeware.  They're by no means straight-forward or easy to set up, but they're free.

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