Retrieve the original document after saving over it?

[Guest]

In a word doc I typed changes then forgot to save it as a new document - is
it possible to retrieve the original some how?

 

[Guest]

Hi Lenea-

If you _have not_ closed the file you can still Undo even after saving. If
you actually closed the file & saved, I'm afraid you're out of options.

Sorry |:>(

 

[Guest]

In a word doc I typed changes then forgot to save it as a new document - is
it possible to retrieve the original some how?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

No

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[Charles Kenyon]

This is only one of the reasons to use templates to create new documents
rather than reusing existing ones and using Save As.

For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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[Guest]

So... if you've accidentally hit save, but haven't closed the document, how
can you undo or restore to your original document?

 

[Jay Freedman]

The "undo buffer" (the list of things you did to the document that can
be undone) is kept in memory, but only until you close the document --
at that point the memory is cleared.

If you save something you don't want, and then undo back to the point
where you started, you still have to resave the "undone" document
again so the copy on disk matches what you see on screen. If you undo
but then fail to save again before shutting down, you'll still lose
the original.

 

[Guest]

Well, I have clicked undo but it's still not picking up my original
document. I've saved it once, but never closed the window.

The good news is that luckily, I had sent an email that contained the
original document (mostly!) to a colleague last night. So... I was able to
retrieve that and restore from my email program.

So, it sounds like it I've clicked undo as far as it can go that's all I can
do.. Unless I did the backup copy via tools (which I did just now. Thanks to
all for that tip!)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you display the Undo list, it should include all your changes back to
when you opened the document unless you have performed an operation that
clears the Undo stack. One such operation is Protecting/Unprotecting the
document.

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

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[Guest]

In a word doc I typed changes then forgot to save it as a new document - is
it possible to retrieve the original some how?

 

[Guest]

In a word doc I typed changes then forgot to save it as a new document - is
it possible to retrieve the original some how?