Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an
incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Hi!
I'm using Excel 10 (XP)......WinXP....... If I have an existing file and open it, make some changes, then do a SAVE AS and give it a different name, the newly "saved as" file is a completely *NEW* file and the original is still in tact with the previous file name. Try looking for the previous file name. Biff "JCC" wrote in message ... I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions.
Jerry JCC wrote: I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#4
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Mine does!
And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry JCC wrote: I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#5
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Biff,
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, what I somehow managed to do was to "save as" over an existing file name. It is the prior version of this "saved as" file that I would love to find -- the one that existed before I "saved as" into that same file name. I suspect that Jerry Lewis may be right on this, though I wish he wasn't! JCC "Biff" wrote: Mine does! And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry JCC wrote: I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#6
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Oh, I see!
You "saved as" the same file name. Yeah, I you're sol unless you created backups. Biff "JCC" wrote in message ... Biff, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, what I somehow managed to do was to "save as" over an existing file name. It is the prior version of this "saved as" file that I would love to find -- the one that existed before I "saved as" into that same file name. I suspect that Jerry Lewis may be right on this, though I wish he wasn't! JCC "Biff" wrote: Mine does! And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry JCC wrote: I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#7
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
JCC
If you had file A open and "Saved as" file B, file A is not over-written. It will still be on your computer in its original form. Do a search for it. Biff *.xlk files are backup files. These are created when you set it up in FileSave AsToolsGeneral OptionsSave Options "Always create a backup". This backup is created when you save the file, not when you "Save as" another name. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:06:01 -0800, JCC wrote: Biff, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, what I somehow managed to do was to "save as" over an existing file name. It is the prior version of this "saved as" file that I would love to find -- the one that existed before I "saved as" into that same file name. I suspect that Jerry Lewis may be right on this, though I wish he wasn't! JCC "Biff" wrote: Mine does! And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry JCC wrote: I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#8
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Biff *.xlk files are backup files. These are created when you set it up in FileSave AsToolsGeneral OptionsSave Options "Always create a backup". This backup is created when you save the file, not when you "Save as" another name. Yes, I know. That's what I meant in my reply to Jerry. The original file is not a *.xlk backup. Biff "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message ... JCC If you had file A open and "Saved as" file B, file A is not over-written. It will still be on your computer in its original form. Do a search for it. Biff *.xlk files are backup files. These are created when you set it up in FileSave AsToolsGeneral OptionsSave Options "Always create a backup". This backup is created when you save the file, not when you "Save as" another name. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:06:01 -0800, JCC wrote: Biff, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, what I somehow managed to do was to "save as" over an existing file name. It is the prior version of this "saved as" file that I would love to find -- the one that existed before I "saved as" into that same file name. I suspect that Jerry Lewis may be right on this, though I wish he wasn't! JCC "Biff" wrote: Mine does! And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry JCC wrote: I overwrote an excel file by mistake, using the save as command to an incorrect file. Is there any way to recover the previous file before I "saved as" over it? |
#9
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Are you saying that you have found a way to configure Excel to automatically
create backup files for all edited files? If so, how have you accomplished this, and in what version of Excel? Excel is documented to create backups for a specific file if you specifically ask Excel to do it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141451 also Help for "Save a backup copy of a workbook" but my experience with this feature in Excel 2000 and Excel 2003 is that it only applies to the specific workbook that you requested creation of backups for. Jerry "Biff" wrote: Mine does! And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry |
#10
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
I think what Biff meant and what it sounded as when the OP originally posted
is that he had the file open and did a filesave as and used another name, that way the original file (that was open when the save was done)will still be there. However it seems that the OP saved an excel file with another name and that other file was overwritten, thus it's not possible to salvage that other file -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Are you saying that you have found a way to configure Excel to automatically create backup files for all edited files? If so, how have you accomplished this, and in what version of Excel? Excel is documented to create backups for a specific file if you specifically ask Excel to do it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141451 also Help for "Save a backup copy of a workbook" but my experience with this feature in Excel 2000 and Excel 2003 is that it only applies to the specific workbook that you requested creation of backups for. Jerry "Biff" wrote: Mine does! And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry |
#11
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Can I access the previous version of a saved file?
Jerry, Peo explained it nicely!
Biff "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... I think what Biff meant and what it sounded as when the OP originally posted is that he had the file open and did a filesave as and used another name, that way the original file (that was open when the save was done)will still be there. However it seems that the OP saved an excel file with another name and that other file was overwritten, thus it's not possible to salvage that other file -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Are you saying that you have found a way to configure Excel to automatically create backup files for all edited files? If so, how have you accomplished this, and in what version of Excel? Excel is documented to create backups for a specific file if you specifically ask Excel to do it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141451 also Help for "Save a backup copy of a workbook" but my experience with this feature in Excel 2000 and Excel 2003 is that it only applies to the specific workbook that you requested creation of backups for. Jerry "Biff" wrote: Mine does! And they're not backup files: *.xlk Biff "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... Not unless you have a backup copy. Excel does not keep previous versions. Jerry |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Problems using Excel 2000 to open/save file saved in Excel 2003 | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Multiple columns of data saved in a CSV file appears in a single c | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
file access & options settings | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Link Access query to refresh an EXCEL file | New Users to Excel | |||
Network access to file - read only property | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) |