I finished a document and saved it as XXX3. Then I highlighted the entire
document and started typing over it and rather than save it as XXX4 I must
have just saved it rather than changing the file name. Is there any way to
access the previous version of XXX3?

Not unless you have Word set to create automatic backups, or if you still
have the document open (and haven't closed it meantime) you could use undo
to get you back to the pre-edit version, save it and then redo to put your
changes back.

This is very bad practice for the reason you have just discovered. Get into
the habit of using templates to create your documents.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Pudgsicle wrote:
I finished a document and saved it as XXX3. Then I highlighted the
entire document and started typing over it and rather than save it as
XXX4 I must have just saved it rather than changing the file name.
Is there any way to access the previous version of XXX3?

.... or at least get in the habit of doing the Save As _before_ making any
changes!

Regards |:)

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Not unless you have Word set to create automatic backups, or if you still
have the document open (and haven't closed it meantime) you could use undo
to get you back to the pre-edit version, save it and then redo to put your
changes back.

This is very bad practice for the reason you have just discovered. Get into
the habit of using templates to create your documents.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Pudgsicle wrote:
I finished a document and saved it as XXX3. Then I highlighted the
entire document and started typing over it and rather than save it as
XXX4 I must have just saved it rather than changing the file name.
Is there any way to access the previous version of XXX3?