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


On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:03:04 +0100, David McRitchie
wrote:

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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"SteveW" wrote in message
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If that was a save as and you ok'd the replace - too late I'm afraid

Steve

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:51:01 +0100, Blair
wrote:

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