Crikey! And that's pretty easy to do. I'll try some experiments with this
(and report back)...

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
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And a guess at what happened for future reference...

You were typing a Capital A but by mistake you pressed Ctrl+A (SelectAll)
instead of Shift+A and the next button you pressed overwrote the whole
document. Hence all text gone.

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"JillyB" wrote in message
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: Somehow? I lost all 30 pages of text. No versions available, nothing in
: recycle bin. Cannot restore. Is it possible to change date of system to
day
: before error? and then capture text?