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How do I recover a document I overwrote in Word?
Instead of hitting "Save As" I hit the "Save" button. How do I get the old
document back? |
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If the document is still open, you can Undo back to the point where you
started, resave, then Redo all the actions and Save As. If you have closed the document but have "Automatically create backup copy," you can find your previous version as "Backup of filename.wbk" in the document folder. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Peachy" wrote in message ... Instead of hitting "Save As" I hit the "Save" button. How do I get the old document back? |
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You don't unless you have a backup. Word provides for making such a backup
but you have to turn the option on. Tools Options Save (tab) Check the option to always save a backup copy. Note there is _one_ backup copy per document so if you save twice, you wipe out the old backup with the new one. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Peachy" wrote in message ... Instead of hitting "Save As" I hit the "Save" button. How do I get the old document back? |
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