Another option exists if the user has Vista Business, Enterprise, or
Ultimate. When you right-click a file and open its properties, there is now
a Previous Versions tab. Vista makes "shadow" copies of files when you
edit/change them. For some files, for example, I see as many as three or
more prior versions this way. WikiPedia describes it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy.
I really wish Microsoft had put this feature into Home Premium. However, it
does provide us with an additional potential solution when people ask this
sort of question.
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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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If you save as over an existing filename, you don't get a backup of the
original. However, I missed your point about older backups from saving
frequently.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I don't see why it should be. The .wbk file is not affected by saving
over a current version.
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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But if you used save as and ignored the warning then it is gone.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you have "Automatically create backup copy" checked on the Save
tab of Tools | Options, you can find the next-most-recent version of
the document as "Backup of filename.wbk" in the same folder with
the document (you'll have to select All Files to see it). If you
saved frequently while working, this may be very close to the final
version that you inadvertently overwrote.
"SLM" wrote in message
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I accidently saved an old file over the name of a newer version.
By some miracle is there a way to undo this? I have just lost
myself about 1/2 day of work? Help!