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Access log of previously worked on workbooks
Can anyone please direct me how to find the automatic log in Excel that saves
previous work that apparently I didn't save--hope to not have lost some tedious full day work which I cannot find through Search function. -- Thank you, Esther |
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Access log of previously worked on workbooks
Excel doesn't have a secret log file--or even a known log file.
If you didn't save the changes, then you're out of luck. But for the next time... Just some background: xl2k and below came with an optional addin called AutoSave.xla. It could be set to save every x minutes (user selectable). And it just saves the file at those intervals. xl2002+ comes with something called autorecovery. It's also optional, but if the user turns it on, it saves a copy of that workbook in a special location (also user selectable). If windows or excel crashes, then the next time excel opens, it notices that there's a file in that location. Excel prompts the user to see if he/she wants to recover that file that was saved when excel/windows crashed. This autorecovery feature isn't used for the same purpose as AutoSave. You may be interested in an addin that Jan Karel Pieterse (works in any version) called AutoSafe (note spelling). It doesn't overwrite the existing workbook when it saves. It saves to a user selectable folder. And when it's done, it either deletes these backups (or puts them in the recycle bin). And the user can always restore the backups from the recycle bin. http://www.jkp-ads.com/Download.htm (look for AutoSafe.zip, not autosafeVBE.zip, for your purposes.) If you really want autosave... Gord Dibben posted this: Autosave.xla from Office 2000 or 97 will work with Excel 2002 or 2003. If you have a previous copy, move it to your Office\Library. To download the 97 version see here........ http://www.stat.jmu.edu/trep/Marchat/sp2001/Library.htm == I've never tried it in xl2007. If you're using xl2007, you may want to do some testing before you rely on it. Esther not the queen wrote: Can anyone please direct me how to find the automatic log in Excel that saves previous work that apparently I didn't save--hope to not have lost some tedious full day work which I cannot find through Search function. -- Thank you, Esther -- Dave Peterson |
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You're a real wealth of resources Dave, really thanks a lot.
since I work on 2003 version all these auto saves options are relevant--alas my work this time, but these will help for possible next such projects... -- Thank you, Esther "Dave Peterson" wrote: Excel doesn't have a secret log file--or even a known log file. If you didn't save the changes, then you're out of luck. But for the next time... Just some background: xl2k and below came with an optional addin called AutoSave.xla. It could be set to save every x minutes (user selectable). And it just saves the file at those intervals. xl2002+ comes with something called autorecovery. It's also optional, but if the user turns it on, it saves a copy of that workbook in a special location (also user selectable). If windows or excel crashes, then the next time excel opens, it notices that there's a file in that location. Excel prompts the user to see if he/she wants to recover that file that was saved when excel/windows crashed. This autorecovery feature isn't used for the same purpose as AutoSave. You may be interested in an addin that Jan Karel Pieterse (works in any version) called AutoSafe (note spelling). It doesn't overwrite the existing workbook when it saves. It saves to a user selectable folder. And when it's done, it either deletes these backups (or puts them in the recycle bin). And the user can always restore the backups from the recycle bin. http://www.jkp-ads.com/Download.htm (look for AutoSafe.zip, not autosafeVBE.zip, for your purposes.) If you really want autosave... Gord Dibben posted this: Autosave.xla from Office 2000 or 97 will work with Excel 2002 or 2003. If you have a previous copy, move it to your Office\Library. To download the 97 version see here........ http://www.stat.jmu.edu/trep/Marchat/sp2001/Library.htm == I've never tried it in xl2007. If you're using xl2007, you may want to do some testing before you rely on it. Esther not the queen wrote: Can anyone please direct me how to find the automatic log in Excel that saves previous work that apparently I didn't save--hope to not have lost some tedious full day work which I cannot find through Search function. -- Thank you, Esther -- Dave Peterson |
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There's another option that's not related to autosave, but may come in handy.
File|saveas|tools|General Options|check the "always create backup" box. This is a workbook by workbook setting. And excel will create a .xlk file when you save (I think the first save after you open the file, but you'll want to check the details). Esther not the queen wrote: You're a real wealth of resources Dave, really thanks a lot. since I work on 2003 version all these auto saves options are relevant--alas my work this time, but these will help for possible next such projects... -- Thank you, Esther "Dave Peterson" wrote: Excel doesn't have a secret log file--or even a known log file. If you didn't save the changes, then you're out of luck. But for the next time... Just some background: xl2k and below came with an optional addin called AutoSave.xla. It could be set to save every x minutes (user selectable). And it just saves the file at those intervals. xl2002+ comes with something called autorecovery. It's also optional, but if the user turns it on, it saves a copy of that workbook in a special location (also user selectable). If windows or excel crashes, then the next time excel opens, it notices that there's a file in that location. Excel prompts the user to see if he/she wants to recover that file that was saved when excel/windows crashed. This autorecovery feature isn't used for the same purpose as AutoSave. You may be interested in an addin that Jan Karel Pieterse (works in any version) called AutoSafe (note spelling). It doesn't overwrite the existing workbook when it saves. It saves to a user selectable folder. And when it's done, it either deletes these backups (or puts them in the recycle bin). And the user can always restore the backups from the recycle bin. http://www.jkp-ads.com/Download.htm (look for AutoSafe.zip, not autosafeVBE.zip, for your purposes.) If you really want autosave... Gord Dibben posted this: Autosave.xla from Office 2000 or 97 will work with Excel 2002 or 2003. If you have a previous copy, move it to your Office\Library. To download the 97 version see here........ http://www.stat.jmu.edu/trep/Marchat/sp2001/Library.htm == I've never tried it in xl2007. If you're using xl2007, you may want to do some testing before you rely on it. Esther not the queen wrote: Can anyone please direct me how to find the automatic log in Excel that saves previous work that apparently I didn't save--hope to not have lost some tedious full day work which I cannot find through Search function. -- Thank you, Esther -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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