Clicked "Save" instead of "Save As" and need to recover original

[Guest]

I meant to click "Save As" but clicked "Save" by mistake. Is there a way to
recover the original document? I tried "Versions" under the File menu but
nothing appears. All suggestions are appreciated

 

[CyberTaz]

If the doc has not been *closed* since you saved you can use Undo to go as
far back as necessary. If the doc has been closed I'm afraid you're out of
luck.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

To add to this, Versions gets used only if you explicitly turn it on. It's
not automatic.

The only other possible salvation would be if you had "Always create backup
copy" enabled, in which case, there will be a file named Backup of
{filename}.wbk in the same folder as the original file (unless you've
already overwritten it as well).

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your speedy response.

If the doc has not been *closed* since you saved you can use Undo to go as
far back as necessary. If the doc has been closed I'm afraid you're out of
luck.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the clarification.

Miracle of miracles, I actually backed up all my documents very recently and
have a copy of the document I need!

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Wow. This might be the first time I've ever seen that happen. ;-)

Congratulations. I'll bet you're doing another backup right now... right?

 

[Chuck Davis]

Happiness is a recent backup!

Wow. This might be the first time I've ever seen that happen. ;-)

Congratulations. I'll bet you're doing another backup right now... right?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I was thinking that exact same thing. *No one* has ever posted back that
they found a back up.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]