After I save, can I still get the earlier version?

[Ninny]

I clicked save, instead of save as. My bad. Can I get the first version back?

 

[Ed Bennett]

I clicked save, instead of save as. My bad. Can I get the first version back?

Try the drop-down arrow next to the Undo button. It should have a
lengthy history of events available to Undo, which may stretch back to
the point where you opened the original document. Remember to Save As
when you get to this point, rather than Saving.

 

[Ninny]

I was excited to see your answer, but alas, the undo button is gray. I'm
using Pub 2003 and realized my mistake the instant I did it. The window is
still open, just in case there was some way to salvage the original work.
Thanks for the great answer anyway.

 

[Carrie]

I was excited to see your answer, but alas, the undo button is gray. I'm
using Pub 2003 and realized my mistake the instant I did it. The window
is
still open, just in case there was some way to salvage the original work.
Thanks for the great answer anyway.

I've done this same thing.

What I usually do now is, when I open a doc to work on it (or soon after
I start it new) maybe after the original setting up, and in the
experimenting let's see what works best stage, I SAVE AS and put a 2 (or 3,
etc) after the original name. Then continue working on it, and if I mess up
I can always close, open the original (or earlier one if there is one) and
go from there.

Of course, this is hindsight and not much help to you now.

~ Carrie

 

[Ninny]

Good idea. I'll try that. Thank goodness this wasn't a huge project and I
had printed it. I just like to keep the final work, but oh, well. I'm NOT
redoing it. LOL I'll remember your trick for saving stages of my pogress.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Carrie]

Good idea. I'll try that. Thank goodness this wasn't a huge project and
I
had printed it. I just like to keep the final work, but oh, well. I'm
NOT
redoing it. LOL I'll remember your trick for saving stages of my pogress.
Thanks for sharing.

It's one of those things you learn the hard way. of course, then you
end up with a whole string of pictures with the same name, like "family
calendar_1" etc.

When my now 8 year old granddaughter was living with me (with her
parents) she used to love to go on the computer and play with art. She
called Photoshop "the eye" because of it's logo (PS 7 anyway) I'd open a
picture for her and she'd put effects on it, or liquify and swirl it around.
I told her everytime "the first thing we do is..." and she'd say duplicate
the image! You play on the dupllicate.

When my 8 year old grandson was visiting, I showed him how to do this
(PS) and he ended up messing up one of my original pictures (by accident).
Which is where the SAVE AS the new name comes in so anything saved will be
different. But, I had send the photo to someone in an email so got the
original back from my SENT folder.

Some have told me I shouldn't like kids play with my computer and
programs but I believe in them learning to do it the right/best way, from
the start, and not saying "you can't do it".

No kids living with me right now, I can mess up things all on my own.

~ Carrie