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While saving a file, I mistakenly used an existing file name. Can I get that
original file back without having to redo all my work?
 
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Cindy M -WordMVP-

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Y3VscGVwZXI3MQ==?=,
While saving a file, I mistakenly used an existing file name. Can I get that
original file back without having to redo all my work?
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Only if you had Word set to create a backup, and resaved only the one time over
the original. Then the backup should contain your original. Otherwise, no, it's
gone.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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