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Recovering a file that was accidently "replaced"
I am in rural China supervising a textual archive project where a group of
Tibetan monks, most of of which have never used a computer, are inputting Buddhist texts into Microsoft Word. Recently, one of the monks mistakenly saved a Word document using the same name as document he already had saved previously. When asked if he wanted to replace the current document, he clicked "yes" and, as a result, lost all of the work that he had put into the original document (about 4 full days worth of input). Is there any way at all that he can somehow recover his previous work? |
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Recovering a file that was accidently "replaced"
Not unless he has some sort of a backup file that he created. For future
reference, had he *NOT* closed Word, he could have done multiple undos and get back to where he started. Once you close Word, you're pretty much sunk. Since this seems like an important project, get into the habit of making daily backup files and store them on some sort of removable media. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... I am in rural China supervising a textual archive project where a group of Tibetan monks, most of of which have never used a computer, are inputting Buddhist texts into Microsoft Word. Recently, one of the monks mistakenly saved a Word document using the same name as document he already had saved previously. When asked if he wanted to replace the current document, he clicked "yes" and, as a result, lost all of the work that he had put into the original document (about 4 full days worth of input). Is there any way at all that he can somehow recover his previous work? |
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Recovering a file that was accidently "replaced"
Thank you this is very helpful. Part of the problem is that they hardly know
how to read Chinese, so when they receive prompts from the Chinese version of XP, they click "yes" or "no" etc. indiscriminately... Anyways, thanks again for the prompt reply. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Not unless he has some sort of a backup file that he created. For future reference, had he *NOT* closed Word, he could have done multiple undos and get back to where he started. Once you close Word, you're pretty much sunk. Since this seems like an important project, get into the habit of making daily backup files and store them on some sort of removable media. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... I am in rural China supervising a textual archive project where a group of Tibetan monks, most of of which have never used a computer, are inputting Buddhist texts into Microsoft Word. Recently, one of the monks mistakenly saved a Word document using the same name as document he already had saved previously. When asked if he wanted to replace the current document, he clicked "yes" and, as a result, lost all of the work that he had put into the original document (about 4 full days worth of input). Is there any way at all that he can somehow recover his previous work? |
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Recovering a file that was accidently "replaced"
I envy you and your involvement of this task on one level. And yet, I do not
envy you having to work with computer-illiterate folks on it. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... Thank you this is very helpful. Part of the problem is that they hardly know how to read Chinese, so when they receive prompts from the Chinese version of XP, they click "yes" or "no" etc. indiscriminately... Anyways, thanks again for the prompt reply. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Not unless he has some sort of a backup file that he created. For future reference, had he *NOT* closed Word, he could have done multiple undos and get back to where he started. Once you close Word, you're pretty much sunk. Since this seems like an important project, get into the habit of making daily backup files and store them on some sort of removable media. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... I am in rural China supervising a textual archive project where a group of Tibetan monks, most of of which have never used a computer, are inputting Buddhist texts into Microsoft Word. Recently, one of the monks mistakenly saved a Word document using the same name as document he already had saved previously. When asked if he wanted to replace the current document, he clicked "yes" and, as a result, lost all of the work that he had put into the original document (about 4 full days worth of input). Is there any way at all that he can somehow recover his previous work? |
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Recovering a file that was accidently "replaced"
Is there any way at all
that he can somehow recover his previous work? No. hopefully he printed smth out so that he can quickly re-type the work. I did the exact same thing while writing my thesis. It took me 1/2 day to re-do 3 days of work (since it's still in the head, right? in a non-structurized form though), so, it was not too bad. |
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Recovering a file that was accidently "replaced"
Fortunately they are fast learners, so we've been able to minimize problems
like this for the most part. The salary here is not really something to envy; espcially compared to a microsoft salary perhaps! cheers zach "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I envy you and your involvement of this task on one level. And yet, I do not envy you having to work with computer-illiterate folks on it. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... Thank you this is very helpful. Part of the problem is that they hardly know how to read Chinese, so when they receive prompts from the Chinese version of XP, they click "yes" or "no" etc. indiscriminately... Anyways, thanks again for the prompt reply. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Not unless he has some sort of a backup file that he created. For future reference, had he *NOT* closed Word, he could have done multiple undos and get back to where he started. Once you close Word, you're pretty much sunk. Since this seems like an important project, get into the habit of making daily backup files and store them on some sort of removable media. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... I am in rural China supervising a textual archive project where a group of Tibetan monks, most of of which have never used a computer, are inputting Buddhist texts into Microsoft Word. Recently, one of the monks mistakenly saved a Word document using the same name as document he already had saved previously. When asked if he wanted to replace the current document, he clicked "yes" and, as a result, lost all of the work that he had put into the original document (about 4 full days worth of input). Is there any way at all that he can somehow recover his previous work? |
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Recovering a file that was accidently "replaced"
I wouldn't know - I'm not a Microsoft employee. MVPs are volunteers.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... Fortunately they are fast learners, so we've been able to minimize problems like this for the most part. The salary here is not really something to envy; espcially compared to a microsoft salary perhaps! cheers zach "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I envy you and your involvement of this task on one level. And yet, I do not envy you having to work with computer-illiterate folks on it. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... Thank you this is very helpful. Part of the problem is that they hardly know how to read Chinese, so when they receive prompts from the Chinese version of XP, they click "yes" or "no" etc. indiscriminately... Anyways, thanks again for the prompt reply. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Not unless he has some sort of a backup file that he created. For future reference, had he *NOT* closed Word, he could have done multiple undos and get back to where he started. Once you close Word, you're pretty much sunk. Since this seems like an important project, get into the habit of making daily backup files and store them on some sort of removable media. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Zach" wrote in message ... I am in rural China supervising a textual archive project where a group of Tibetan monks, most of of which have never used a computer, are inputting Buddhist texts into Microsoft Word. Recently, one of the monks mistakenly saved a Word document using the same name as document he already had saved previously. When asked if he wanted to replace the current document, he clicked "yes" and, as a result, lost all of the work that he had put into the original document (about 4 full days worth of input). Is there any way at all that he can somehow recover his previous work? |
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