How can I undo someting that I saved

B

Blair

I accidently saved a spread sheet as something else and I need to get back
the previous item?
 
D

David McRitchie

Hi Blaire,
If I understand you correctly, then the original workbook
is still intact under it's old name. Since when you use Save As
you create a new workbook. Unless you never saved the
file before. Excel is a spreadsheet application, but the word
spreadsheet is rather ambiguous in Excel, as to whether
one would be referring to a workbook or a worksheet.

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If that was a save as and you ok'd the replace - too late I'm afraid

Steve
 
G

George Gee

If you opened the file and altered it, then used 'Save as' and renamed it,
you should still have the original file, completely unchanged, in it's
original
location.

George Gee
 
S

SteveW

Agreed poster needs to be precise.
I took it that *previous item* is the one that has just been overwritten..

Ie save as but chose the wrong file to overwrite
"Can I get back the previous file(item)"

It's reasonably obvious that the original file is still present
Steve
 
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