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

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?

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.

---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"SteveW" wrote in message news:op.tfedpdaaevjsnp@enigma03...
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?

If you opened the file and altered it, then used 'Save as' and renamed it,
you should still have the original file, completely unchanged, in it's
original
location.

George Gee


"Blair" wrote in message
...
I accidently saved a spread sheet as something else and I need to get back
the previous item?

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.

---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"SteveW" wrote in message
news:op.tfedpdaaevjsnp@enigma03...
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?