How can I trace a document history.

[Guest]

So I have a story that goes like this: I websubmitted the wrong file to my
teacher for marking, and I found out two weeks later when she got it. She
said I could still send in the proper file. The only thing was I opened the
file to check it was the right one, and chose "save changes" to the document,
which saved it as last modified two weeks after the due date and the teacher
refused to accept it.

So...
Does anyone know any way that I can find a record, or produce a record of
access to show what I did? Or just come up with a list of when the file was
accessed?

I would be soo grateful

 

[Jezebel]

Reset the date on your computer to two weeks ago, open the document, make a
change, then save it, then correct the date on your computer. Tell your
teacher you retrieved your back-up copy.

You might be too honest to do this: but the fact that it can be done so
trivially makes any kind of record from a PC forensically meaningless.

To answer your specific question: no, there is no record or history of file
access you can use.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Alternatively, if the OP has "Automatically create backup copy" enabled, it
should be possible to rename the backup file and submit it. If nothing was
changed when the latest version was opened and saved (except the usual field
updates, etc.), then it should be the correct file. Moreover, the creation
date should give an indication of the antiquity of the file.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Poprivet]

So I have a story that goes like this: I websubmitted the wrong file
to my teacher for marking, and I found out two weeks later when she
got it. She said I could still send in the proper file. The only
thing was I opened the file to check it was the right one, and chose
"save changes" to the document, which saved it as last modified two
weeks after the due date and the teacher refused to accept it.

So...
Does anyone know any way that I can find a record, or produce a
record of access to show what I did? Or just come up with a list of
when the file was accessed?

I would be soo grateful

When you're looking at Dates, look for the Create Date, not the Modified or
Last Accessed dates. Create Date will be just what it says it is, unless
you use Copy.
Copy will make the Create Date whatever date the copy was done on.
Technically that's correct; it was "created" in the new location on the date
the copy was done.

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