[JillyB]

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?

[Jay Freedman]

Sorry, no, computers don't work like time machines. If you didn't make
a separate backup copy of the document, it's gone.

To prepare for the next disaster, see
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm. It would also be a
good idea to back up all the other files Word depends on:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm

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On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:43:01 -0700, JillyB
wrote:

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?

[TF]

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
...
: 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?

[Charles Kenyon]

When this happens, use Ctrl-Z to recover.
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"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
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.

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

"JillyB" wrote in message
...
: 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?

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
...
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.

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

"JillyB" wrote in message
...
: 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?

Well,that struck me as a potential disaster far too easy to invoke. But
I've tried it and if you notice it after typing the one character that
removes the block after you've typed CTRL-A, you can undo under edit and
bring it back. I think undo works for a limited number of undos...

wrote in message ...
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
...
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.

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

"JillyB" wrote in message
...
: 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?

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I am not sure what the limit is, but it is enough for most purposes. That
is enough that I would say it is unlimited.

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wrote in message ...
Well,that struck me as a potential disaster far too easy to invoke. But
I've tried it and if you notice it after typing the one character that
removes the block after you've typed CTRL-A, you can undo under edit and
bring it back. I think undo works for a limited number of undos...

wrote in message ...
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
...
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.

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

"JillyB" wrote in message
...
: 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?