file saved, but now it opens as it was days ago

[mzb25]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) This morning I updated Itunes on my computer, and in order to do that I had to restart. I spent the last few days working on a thesis, and despite saving many times, when I opened the document after the restart the file has reverted back to an old, unsaved version of itself. I know that I saved this file many times yesterday, however this morning when I closed it, I was asked if I wanted to save. I selected "save", however no matter how many times I hit save, I was still presented with the question.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened? Is there anyway to recover this document?

 

[Tim Murray]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

This morning I updated Itunes on my computer, and in order to do that I
had to restart. I spent the last few days working on a thesis, and despite
saving many times, when I opened the document after the restart the file
has reverted back to an old, unsaved version of itself. I know that I
saved this file many times yesterday, however this morning when I closed
it, I was asked if I wanted to save. I selected "save", however no matter
how many times I hit save, I was still presented with the question.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened? Is there anyway
to recover this document?

Any other files under your "open recent" list? And have you searched your
disk for the file name? Usually, when someone says Word appears to be
opening an old document, it really IS an old document, and the new one is
elsewhere.

 

[mzb25]

The file appears alone in the recent list. I did a search of the disk, but the only version of this document, which is the only modified document since January 28th, is the file that appears. Is it possible to have auto saved to a different location? I don't believe there is a "new" version of this document as I saved it with the same file name and path each time.

I'm really concerned about the prompts before I restarted. It prompted me to save seven or eight times before it finally closed. I hit save each time, but I'm not sure what happened.

Is there a way to revert to an old file, or maybe uninstall an update?

 

[John McGhie]

I saw this happen yesterday, in PC Word 2007. I have no idea what caused
it, other than the user was using tracked changes on a large document, and
had replaced almost everything in the document -- several times.

I have tried to persuade him not to accumulate more than one "set" of
tracked changes in a document, and to resolve all changes between each
version, and NOT to hide the changes while he's working. But he won't be
told, so I am surprised he gets any documents at all

In Word 2008, go into your Preferences. In "Save" make sure you have
"Always create backup" turned ON. That forces Word to save a clean copy of
your file every time you manually save, which will prevent the problem you
have now.

When editing large documents, don't HIDE things. Otherwise, you get edits
on top of edits, and if you are tracking changes problems are certain.
Preferably, don't use Track Changes at all. If you must, don't hide them,
and keep your paragraph marks visible.

If you work on a document for more than a day, begin each morning by saving
a new version as a new file. That way, the worst it can get is that you
lose one day's work

Hope this helps

The file appears alone in the recent list. I did a search of the disk, but the
only version of this document, which is the only modified document since
January 28th, is the file that appears. Is it possible to have auto saved to a
different location? I don't believe there is a "new" version of this document
as I saved it with the same file name and path each time.

I'm really concerned about the prompts before I restarted. It prompted me to
save seven or eight times before it finally closed. I hit save each time, but
I'm not sure what happened.

Is there a way to revert to an old file, or maybe uninstall an update?

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Jim Gordon Mac MVP]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) This morning I
updated Itunes on my computer, and in order to do that I had to restart.
I spent the last few days working on a thesis, and despite saving many
times, when I opened the document after the restart the file has
reverted back to an old, unsaved version of itself. I know that I saved
this file many times yesterday, however this morning when I closed it, I
was asked if I wanted to save. I selected "save", however no matter how
many times I hit save, I was still presented with the question.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened? Is there anyway
to recover this document?

Hi,

I have a long-shot suggestion to try.

Use File > Project Gallery
In Project Gallery click on the Recent tab
Adjust the Show pop-up to Word Documents
Click on Name at the top of the column in the middle to order the files
by name.

Is your file there more than once?

Also, try typing a keyword or part of the file name in the Project
Gallery search box.

If you have Time Machine, click on the Time Machine icon and then type
the file name or a keyword in the Search field.

-Jim