yes I am one of those idiots who has been working on a uni assignment, saved
the document, but then used that same document (due to format) for a new
assignment and pressed "save" instead of "save as". I tried "versions" but
this doesnt indicate a previous document....ARRRRGGGHHH....is there any way i
can retrieve my previously stored documentation????????

Not unless you've (a) enabled "Always create backup copy"
(ToolsOptions, Save tab) and (b) only saved the file once.
Since the backup (a *.wbk file) is actually a copy of the
file "one save operation back", you can retrieve it if these
conditions are true.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Monique" wrote in message
...
yes I am one of those idiots who has been working on a uni
assignment, saved
the document, but then used that same document (due to format) for a
new
assignment and pressed "save" instead of "save as". I tried
"versions" but
this doesnt indicate a previous document....ARRRRGGGHHH....is there
any way i
can retrieve my previously stored documentation????????

Bummer, just what I thought.....luckily not a huge assignment...but worse i
through the written copy away already..

thanks for responding (bedankt?)

Monique
"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Not unless you've (a) enabled "Always create backup copy"
(ToolsOptions, Save tab) and (b) only saved the file once.
Since the backup (a *.wbk file) is actually a copy of the
file "one save operation back", you can retrieve it if these
conditions are true.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Monique" wrote in message
...
yes I am one of those idiots who has been working on a uni
assignment, saved
the document, but then used that same document (due to format) for a
new
assignment and pressed "save" instead of "save as". I tried
"versions" but
this doesnt indicate a previous document....ARRRRGGGHHH....is there
any way i
can retrieve my previously stored documentation????????

"Monique" wrote in message
...
Bummer, just what I thought.....luckily not a huge assignment...but
worse i
through the written copy away already..

Hopefully, you can recreate your text without without having to do too
much extra work.

For future reference, you may want to use FileSave As to create a
template based on an example document, for easy re-use of formatting.
For more, see:

Creating a Template - The Basics (Part I)
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart1.htm

Creating a Template (Part II)
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...platePart2.htm

Tips for understanding Microsoft Word styles
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html


thanks for responding

You are welcome. Not that I had any good news for you... :-(

(bedankt?)

German? No, actually Swedish is my native language. I did learn some
German in school, but I didn't learn enough to have any practical use
for it.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP