How can you restore a document after saving it wrong?

I hit save instead of save as on a document I was working on. How do I get
the original document back?

You can't. Unless you or your network makes backups, the original
file is gone forever.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"Carrinna" <Carrinna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1210415-A8B0-437C-91E9-D5AB758EB6F4@microsoft.com...
>I hit save instead of save as on a document I was working on.
>How do I get
> the original document back?

Carrinna

Generally this means you have overwritten the original and cannot get it back.

UNLESS........you have a backup you made yourself or got Excel to "always save a
backup" under File>Save As>Tools>General Options.

If you always save a backup, look for *.XLK files.

The latest of these will be one version before the saved version.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:39:23 -0800, Carrinna
<Carrinna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I hit save instead of save as on a document I was working on. How do I get
>the original document back?

Thanks for your help. I figured it was gone. How to I change my settings to
save backups? That would be really helpful.

"Carrinna" wrote:

> I hit save instead of save as on a document I was working on. How do I get
> the original document back?

In excel, this is a workbook setting (unlike MSWord where you specify it once
for the application and all documents).

File|Save As|Tools|General Options|Always create a backup

You could create a workbook template and use that for a template for all new
workbooks.

Start a new workbook.
File|SaveAs (and remember to change that setting!)

Save it as Book.xlt (a template file) in your XLStart folder.

All new workbooks that are created using that template (like when you click on
the New icon on the standard toolbar) will inherit this setting.

Carrinna wrote:
>
> Thanks for your help. I figured it was gone. How to I change my settings to
> save backups? That would be really helpful.
>
> "Carrinna" wrote:
>
> > I hit save instead of save as on a document I was working on. How do I get
> > the original document back?

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Dave Peterson

In excel, this is a workbook setting (unlike MSWord where you specify it once
for the application and all documents).

File|Save As|Tools|General Options|Always create a backup

You could create a workbook template and use that for a template for all new
workbooks.

Start a new workbook.
File|SaveAs (and remember to change that setting!)

Save it as Book.xlt (a template file) in your XLStart folder.

All new workbooks that are created using that template (like when you click on
the New icon on the standard toolbar) will inherit this setting.

Carrinna wrote:
>
> Thanks for your help. I figured it was gone. How to I change my settings to
> save backups? That would be really helpful.
>
> "Carrinna" wrote:
>
> > I hit save instead of save as on a document I was working on. How do I get
> > the original document back?

--

Dave Peterson