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Suzanne S. Barnhill Suzanne S. Barnhill is offline
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Default How can I trace a document history.

Alternatively, if the OP has "Automatically create backup copy" enabled, it
should be possible to rename the backup file and submit it. If nothing was
changed when the latest version was opened and saved (except the usual field
updates, etc.), then it should be the correct file. Moreover, the creation
date should give an indication of the antiquity of the file.

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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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Reset the date on your computer to two weeks ago, open the document, make

a
change, then save it, then correct the date on your computer. Tell your
teacher you retrieved your back-up copy.

You might be too honest to do this: but the fact that it can be done so
trivially makes any kind of record from a PC forensically meaningless.

To answer your specific question: no, there is no record or history of

file
access you can use.



"bgirlsnowflake" wrote in

message
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So I have a story that goes like this: I websubmitted the wrong file to

my
teacher for marking, and I found out two weeks later when she got it.

She
said I could still send in the proper file. The only thing was I opened
the
file to check it was the right one, and chose "save changes" to the
document,
which saved it as last modified two weeks after the due date and the
teacher
refused to accept it.

So...
Does anyone know any way that I can find a record, or produce a record

of
access to show what I did? Or just come up with a list of when the file
was
accessed?

I would be soo grateful