G Guest Mar 7, 2005 #1 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?
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?
C Cindy M -WordMVP- Mar 17, 2005 #2 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? Click to expand... 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 This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail
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? Click to expand... 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 This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail