word doc lost all changes

[Dawnie]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I made lot's of changes to a word doc on Friday, after every few minutes I saved the document. Now that I have opened it again today, it seems to be in it's original format with absolutely no changes.

Is it possible I could have deleted the saved document rather than the original - but i renamed it with a different version! Can I back up the Mac to Friday evening so that both docs will be there?

Any other suggestions??

Help - please!

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Dawnie:

Chances are, the changes are there but you have hidden them from yourself.

If the "Reviewing" toolbar appears when you open the document, it contains
changes but you can't see them. If the Reviewing toolbar does NOT appear,
there are no changes in the document which means you have opened the wrong
file.

If the Reviewing toolbar does appear, alter the view settings in the
"Display for review" field at the left end of that toolbar until you can see
what you want.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
I made lot's of changes to a word doc on Friday, after every few minutes I
saved the document. Now that I have opened it again today, it seems to be in
it's original format with absolutely no changes.

Is it possible I could have deleted the saved document rather than the
original - but i renamed it with a different version! Can I back up the Mac
to Friday evening so that both docs will be there?

Any other suggestions??

Help - please!

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