Any way to recover a document?

[Stephen Glynn]

Eeek! Using Word 2000, I've just clicked Save when I meant to click
Save As. Any way to recover the original version?

Steve

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you haven't closed the document, Undo back to where you started, Save
(under the original name), then Save As and Redo back to where you were.

 

[Stephen Glynn]

Thanks. I breath again! Actually, I've done a variation of what you
suggested by doing Save As (under the new name) and *then* Undoing back
to where I started and Saving under the original name.

Thanks.

Steve

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Amounts to the same thing. I've done this many times. <g>

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The important thing is not to panic and close the document. On principle I
don't reuse documents, but there are a few that I roll over from week to
week (like the Rotary bulletin) rather than start from scratch with a
template. I know that in Word 2003 I could use the document as a template,
but (like all the rest of Word userdom), I don't.

You too? I thought maybe I was the only one who would get on a roll and
forget to save as first. It's nice to know I'm in good company.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Amounts to the same thing. I've done this many times. <g>

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

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[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I think we are all guilty of knowing that we ought to (fill in the blank)
but for whatever reason, we don't. ;-)


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

The important thing is not to panic and close the document. On principle I
don't reuse documents, but there are a few that I roll over from week to
week (like the Rotary bulletin) rather than start from scratch with a
template. I know that in Word 2003 I could use the document as a template,
but (like all the rest of Word userdom), I don't.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

You too? I thought maybe I was the only one who would get on a roll and
forget to save as first. It's nice to know I'm in good company.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Amounts to the same thing. I've done this many times. <g>

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Thanks. I breath again! Actually, I've done a variation of what you
suggested by doing Save As (under the new name) and *then* Undoing
back
to where I started and Saving under the original name.

Thanks.

Steve

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you haven't closed the document, Undo back to where you started,
Save
(under the original name), then Save As and Redo back to where you
were.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It would be a lot easier to use a document as a template if I used the New
Document task pane, but I don't; I've got a button to access the File New
dialog (because I *do* use templates--a lot of them--for most docs).

I think we are all guilty of knowing that we ought to (fill in the blank)
but for whatever reason, we don't. ;-)


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

The important thing is not to panic and close the document. On principle I
don't reuse documents, but there are a few that I roll over from week to
week (like the Rotary bulletin) rather than start from scratch with a
template. I know that in Word 2003 I could use the document as a template,
but (like all the rest of Word userdom), I don't.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

You too? I thought maybe I was the only one who would get on a roll and
forget to save as first. It's nice to know I'm in good company.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Amounts to the same thing. I've done this many times. <g>

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Thanks. I breath again! Actually, I've done a variation of what you
suggested by doing Save As (under the new name) and *then* Undoing
back
to where I started and Saving under the original name.

Thanks.

Steve

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you haven't closed the document, Undo back to where you started,
Save
(under the original name), then Save As and Redo back to where you
were.