[Hidden-tech] retrieving "saved over' word doc

[Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography]

thanks all for your responses. all set now.

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Ron Miller <ronsmiller at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'll just add to Don's response, if the company is using a content
> management system, it has probably saved several of the previous drafts of
> the document, but as Don said, otherwise, he's out of luck.
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> Ron
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> On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Don Lesser wrote:
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> I assume you are using Word. The answer is, unfortunately, not really. You
> can set Word to create .WBK (backup files) each time you save a document,
> but you end up with double the amount of your files. Word 2010 claims that
> “previous versions will be available for a short time” and also lets you
> specifically save a previous version. The autorecover files might be
> helpful, but you have to crash out of Word to access them. (Shut off your
> computer with Word open. Not recommended.) Earlier versions of Word allowed
> a “QuickSave” option that did not erase your changes. You could open the
> Word Document in Notepad and root around for deleted information in that
> case.
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> Aside from that, if the user has network or computer backup, there may be
> another copy that can be restored.
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> And finally, there may be other copies in other folders or on memory
> sticks.
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> Otherwise, it’s re-type city.
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> Going forward, look at the File New dialog box. There is an option, New
> From Existing, that will open a copy of any file as a separate file. This is
> useful for documents that you use often and edit for different users, etc.
> (i.e. a letter that you send to different people on a regular basis.) If you
> do this, you never accidentally save over an earlier copy.
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> Don Lesser
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> *From:* hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:
> hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] *On Behalf Of *Tom Adams ~
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:08 AM
> *To:* Hidden-Tech Tech
> *Subject:* [Hidden-tech] retrieving "saved over' word doc
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> mornin, hidden-techers
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>
> posting question from a colleague of mine: is there a way to retrieve a
> document's previous version before it was saved?
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> .
> Regards,
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> Tom Adams
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