If I clicked 'Save' instead of 'Save as' when saving a document, can I get the original back?

Question

I am such a dumb bum! I did just that with my coursework! *Cries* Does anyone know the complicated way?

OK, never mind, I'll live. Thanks for all your help.

Answer 1

NO

Answer 2

If you still have the file open You can just go to ‘edit’ ‘undo’ in most programmes and that will undo the changes and you can save again.

If its a word document you may have the 'track changes' option selected which will remember all the old versions of the document and you can return the file to previous states.

If the file is saved on a work server that is backed up, ask your IT guy to find the file in an old archive from before you made the new changes.

If none of this applies then youre out of luck

Answer 3

I am afraid not, at least with non-geek methods.

Saving a document means you cannot go back to the original, this is why 'Save as' exists.

You could get an IT professional to trace back your actions though - a rather complicated business. I believe if this is done, then any other documents you have since created or modified may go back to the state of the document you intend to change now.

Answer 4

Unfortunately no is the simple answer as the save option save the file you were working on and all the changes. Save-as will allow you to re-name the file keeping the changes in the new document and the original document the same.

Regards

Rob

Answer 5

yeah, if u go select the FILE option at the top of the window it will display ur last 5 or so files and u should be able to click the one u just saved over and open it... the other option is pretty risky, if u have automatic system restore points on ur computer where it checks it every night, u can do a system restore back a day or so, and it will have ur old file, but then u'll lose anything u saved or downloaded after that save point...

Answer 6

Once you use the save option, you have overwritten the original file. The only way to recover the original file at this point is to use the undo option of the application. If the undo buffer is large enough, you can just keep undoing until you reach the point where you started. Of course this only works if you have not closed the application since the save was performed.

Answer 7

No because pressing save will automatically replace the original document. If you dont want to replace the original use the save as option and save the file with a different title name! This is the only way you can do it!

Answer 8

Not if you have closed it.
If you haven't closed the document yet, you could try the "undo" button (the arrow that makes kind of a half circle and points to the Left), or click "Edit" - "Undo".
Next time, you might try using the "Properties" option and make the file (Document) "Read Only". that way, if you try to save it, you will be forced to give it another name, keeping the original in it's created state.

Answer 9

it would nonetheless be stored below the previous call, the only you sent to your self. Or it ought to be below the 1st sentence of the checklist - usually circumstances in case you do no longer choose for a popularity for the checklist, it merely makes use of the 1st line, word or few words of the checklist. i'm no pc whiz, so it extremely is greater complicated than that, yet i might examine that first. you additionally can flow to the beginning up menu, click on "seek" and it will ask you what form of checklist you pick for to seek for, song, notice, etc. then you definately can sort interior the quest standards. i'm hoping it extremely is fairly efficient. good luck!

Answer 10

It you have the document still up click on 'save as' to save it as it is now. Then, click on 'edit' 'undo', over and over until you are back to the original. Good luck.

Answer 11

No, unless you go the high tech route as Nconac says. The info you just saved has overwritten the previous version.