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document modification and accessing earlier versions
I spent 3 hours working on a document. Saved it under one name. Then erased
the information and began working on another assignment in the same document. Then instead of clicking "save as" I only clicked save and lost the entire previous document. Is there any way I can get to the version of the document before the modification? |
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If you have the automatically create backups option set and you have only
saved once, the backup will be the previously saved version, otherwise it is gone. This type of use frequently results in such data losses and should be avoided. Instead save the document as a template and create new documents from it. If you have not closed the document at all since starting, save the document with a new name then you should be able to undo to the point where you deleted the document content. The undo list is erased when you close the document. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "htolman" wrote in message ... I spent 3 hours working on a document. Saved it under one name. Then erased the information and began working on another assignment in the same document. Then instead of clicking "save as" I only clicked save and lost the entire previous document. Is there any way I can get to the version of the document before the modification? |
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If you have the automatically create backups option set and you have only saved once, the backup will be the previously saved version, otherwise it is gone. This type of use frequently results in such data losses and should be avoided. Instead save the document as a template and create new documents from it. If you have not closed the document at all since starting, save the document with a new name then you should be able to undo to the point where you deleted the document content. The undo list is erased when you close the document. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "htolman" wrote in message ... I spent 3 hours working on a document. Saved it under one name. Then erased the information and began working on another assignment in the same document. Then instead of clicking "save as" I only clicked save and lost the entire previous document. Is there any way I can get to the version of the document before the modification? |
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Some versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 come with "shadow copy"
functionality. Assuming you have this functionality enabled, you might have backup copies stored on your machine. You would have to check in Windows Explorer. (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...adow-copy.aspx) Yves "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If you have the automatically create backups option set and you have only saved once, the backup will be the previously saved version, otherwise it is gone. This type of use frequently results in such data losses and should be avoided. Instead save the document as a template and create new documents from it. If you have not closed the document at all since starting, save the document with a new name then you should be able to undo to the point where you deleted the document content. The undo list is erased when you close the document. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "htolman" wrote in message ... I spent 3 hours working on a document. Saved it under one name. Then erased the information and began working on another assignment in the same document. Then instead of clicking "save as" I only clicked save and lost the entire previous document. Is there any way I can get to the version of the document before the modification? |
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Some versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 come with "shadow copy"
functionality. Assuming you have this functionality enabled, you might have backup copies stored on your machine. You would have to check in Windows Explorer. (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...adow-copy.aspx) Yves "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If you have the automatically create backups option set and you have only saved once, the backup will be the previously saved version, otherwise it is gone. This type of use frequently results in such data losses and should be avoided. Instead save the document as a template and create new documents from it. If you have not closed the document at all since starting, save the document with a new name then you should be able to undo to the point where you deleted the document content. The undo list is erased when you close the document. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "htolman" wrote in message ... I spent 3 hours working on a document. Saved it under one name. Then erased the information and began working on another assignment in the same document. Then instead of clicking "save as" I only clicked save and lost the entire previous document. Is there any way I can get to the version of the document before the modification? |
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