Can i recover something i accidently saved something else over?

[Guest]

I wrote over the top of one of my documents and accidently pressed save
instead of save as to start a new file..is there anyway i can recover that
original one?

 

[Stefan Blom]

If you haven't closed the document, you can use Edit | Undo (or press
Ctrl+Z) repeatedly to restore the contents of the original document;
then use File | Save As.

If you saved the document only once and the "Always create backup
copy" option was selected in Tools | Options, Save tab, you'll find
your original document as a *.wbk backup.

If none of the above applies, you'll have to retype, I'm afraid.

For future use, you may want to create a template and use it when
creating new documents. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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