I just screwed up and saved the wrong version of my document. There must be
a way to unsave, or to revert to the prior version, or access the prior
version. Help!

Yep, reopen the docuemnt (the one you saved wrongly). File - Save As... In
the dialog box, drop down the Files of Type box (below filename) and just
select the correct format. Click Save when you're done.

"Terry" wrote:

I just screwed up and saved the wrong version of my document. There must be
a way to unsave, or to revert to the prior version, or access the prior
version. Help!

Thanks Candice, that's not quite it. I created and saved the document. I
opened the document, significantly modified it, accidentally deleted a major
portion of it and saved it. I want the version back before I accidentally
deleted the major portions.....do you know if that's possible?

"Candice" wrote:

Yep, reopen the docuemnt (the one you saved wrongly). File - Save As... In
the dialog box, drop down the Files of Type box (below filename) and just
select the correct format. Click Save when you're done.

"Terry" wrote:

I just screwed up and saved the wrong version of my document. There must be
a way to unsave, or to revert to the prior version, or access the prior
version. Help!

It is only possible if you have the 'always create backup copy' option set
in tools options save. Or if you have not closed the document since
saving it, you can use undo to replace the missing data. Otherwise it is
gone.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Terry wrote:
Thanks Candice, that's not quite it. I created and saved the
document. I opened the document, significantly modified it,
accidentally deleted a major portion of it and saved it. I want the
version back before I accidentally deleted the major portions.....do
you know if that's possible?

"Candice" wrote:

Yep, reopen the document (the one you saved wrongly). File - Save
As... In the dialog box, drop down the Files of Type box (below
filename) and just select the correct format. Click Save when you're
done.

"Terry" wrote:

I just screwed up and saved the wrong version of my document.
There must be a way to unsave, or to revert to the prior version,
or access the prior version. Help!

If it's still open, you can Undo. If you've closed it but have
"Automatically create backup copy" enabled, then you can retrieve a previous
version by displaying "All Files" and looking for "Backup of
filename.wbk."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Terry" wrote in message
...
Thanks Candice, that's not quite it. I created and saved the document. I
opened the document, significantly modified it, accidentally deleted a
major
portion of it and saved it. I want the version back before I accidentally
deleted the major portions.....do you know if that's possible?

"Candice" wrote:

Yep, reopen the docuemnt (the one you saved wrongly). File - Save As...
In
the dialog box, drop down the Files of Type box (below filename) and
just
select the correct format. Click Save when you're done.

"Terry" wrote:

I just screwed up and saved the wrong version of my document. There
must be
a way to unsave, or to revert to the prior version, or access the
prior
version. Help!