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Word document suddenly goes blank
My elderly father is having a recurrent problem in Word - he is typing away
when suddenly his entire document goes blank and he can do nothing to restore it (ie to get his text back). Does anyone know what the problem might be and how he can restore his document if it suddenly goes blank ? Many thanks. -- nkings |
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Word document suddenly goes blank
Does clicking CTRL+Z restore the text? My guess is that he inadvertently
selects all the text (CTRL+A) when he requires SHIFT +A then the next thing he types replaces the lot. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org nkings wrote: My elderly father is having a recurrent problem in Word - he is typing away when suddenly his entire document goes blank and he can do nothing to restore it (ie to get his text back). Does anyone know what the problem might be and how he can restore his document if it suddenly goes blank ? Many thanks. |
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Word document suddenly goes blank
Many thanks indeed. I think you've exactly identified the problem.
-- nkings "Graham Mayor" wrote: Does clicking CTRL+Z restore the text? My guess is that he inadvertently selects all the text (CTRL+A) when he requires SHIFT +A then the next thing he types replaces the lot. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org nkings wrote: My elderly father is having a recurrent problem in Word - he is typing away when suddenly his entire document goes blank and he can do nothing to restore it (ie to get his text back). Does anyone know what the problem might be and how he can restore his document if it suddenly goes blank ? Many thanks. |
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Word document suddenly goes blank
And if this is a frequent problem, there are two rather drastic solutions:
1. Disable "Typing replaces selection" (Tools | Options | Edit). I'd be very loath to do this, as it can be extremely inconvenient. 2. Remove the Ctrl+A key assignment. This would still allow one to select all the text by Ctrl+clicking in the left margin, but it would remove the possibility of inadvertently pressing Ctrl+A by mistake for Shift+A. This one is much better, I think; although I usually recommend Ctrl+A for Select All, that's only because it is more concise than trying to describe how to do the left margin click, but the latter is what I actually use. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "nkings" wrote in message ... Many thanks indeed. I think you've exactly identified the problem. -- nkings "Graham Mayor" wrote: Does clicking CTRL+Z restore the text? My guess is that he inadvertently selects all the text (CTRL+A) when he requires SHIFT +A then the next thing he types replaces the lot. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org nkings wrote: My elderly father is having a recurrent problem in Word - he is typing away when suddenly his entire document goes blank and he can do nothing to restore it (ie to get his text back). Does anyone know what the problem might be and how he can restore his document if it suddenly goes blank ? Many thanks. |
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