In Word 2002 and 2003, you have the additional option of creating a new
document based on another document; it is created as Document # and has to
be named before saving (just like a new document based on a template),
avoiding the possibility of saving the revised document over the original.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote in message
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.. or remembering to rename BEFORE editing.. :-)

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Chuck Davis" newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com wrote in message
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"meth" wrote in message
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I'm running Word 2003. I made a mistake. I created my first document
and saved it. My second file uses the same format so I just edit on
the first file. But I forget to give a different name when saving.
Now is there any way to get the first file back?

I see there are a bunch of *.tmp file on the directory I saved the
file. Anyway to open them up and see if I can get something back?

Happyness is a recent backup!