Front Page 2003-somehow overwrrote my document (library item)?

[askalisonb]

I am not sure how I did this since I've been working with various versions of
Front Page for years, but recently updated to 2003 from something like 98. I
was working on a large document with two tables full of text data. I needed
to change font properties in the lower table. Somehow I moved the tabl to
what I THINK might have been a "library item" area. The only other thing
that I might have done is remove the first table when I went into the font
properties in "Code" to get rid of a lot of "span" commands.

The point is, before I knew it, the first table had been over-written by the
second table. Worse, it appears that my backup, also of the same name but
with "BAK"as an extra, was over-written as well. There appears to be no
"undo" on my 2003 Front Page (if there is, I can't find it) so all I have
left is an earlier version that is 1/3 of all the data I need. The rest, it
appears, is GONE!

Is there any way to get back the document that was
over-written/automatically changed by a library item? And, where is the
"undo" feature on 2003?

I tried using a file recover program but that didn't work. Is all, lost?
Apparently Microsoft doesn't bother to provide technical support, even if you
just bought the program (and it's not that inexpensive) so I'm throwing
myself out here, hoping that someone will be kind enough to respond. I am
looking at weeks of work unless there is some sort of fix for this, and I
DON'T want it to ever happen again..so I want to get a better idea of how to
deal with this problem. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Ronx]

Undo and Redo buttons are in the Standard Toolbar, depicted as
anticlockwise and clockwise arrows respectively. There is also Undo and
Redo options in the Edit menu.

Undo and Redo are not functional if the page has just been saved.

If the page has been published, you can get the published version back
from the server. Open Remote View and log in to the server, highlight
the file on the (remote) server (right column) and click the left arrow
in the centre bar.

 

[askalisonb]

so if I understand you correctly, if I saved the document (or inadvertently
saved it because i did not realize I was missing information in it) there is
no change of getting it back...and if I have saved something I can't undo it,
ever?

 

[Tom Willett]

That is correct. Unless you have a backup somewhere.
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| so if I understand you correctly, if I saved the document (or
inadvertently
| saved it because i did not realize I was missing information in it) there
is
| no change of getting it back...and if I have saved something I can't undo
it,
| ever?
|
| "Ronx" wrote:
|
| > Undo and Redo buttons are in the Standard Toolbar, depicted as
| > anticlockwise and clockwise arrows respectively. There is also Undo and
| > Redo options in the Edit menu.
| >
| > Undo and Redo are not functional if the page has just been saved.
| >
| > If the page has been published, you can get the published version back
| > from the server. Open Remote View and log in to the server, highlight
| > the file on the (remote) server (right column) and click the left arrow
| > in the centre bar.
| > --
| > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| > http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
| >
| >
| >
| > | >
| > > I am not sure how I did this since I've been working with various
versions of
| > > Front Page for years, but recently updated to 2003 from something like
98. I
| > > was working on a large document with two tables full of text data. I
needed
| > > to change font properties in the lower table. Somehow I moved the tabl
to
| > > what I THINK might have been a "library item" area. The only other
thing
| > > that I might have done is remove the first table when I went into the
font
| > > properties in "Code" to get rid of a lot of "span" commands.
| > >
| > > The point is, before I knew it, the first table had been over-written
by the
| > > second table. Worse, it appears that my backup, also of the same name
but
| > > with "BAK"as an extra, was over-written as well. There appears to be
no
| > > "undo" on my 2003 Front Page (if there is, I can't find it) so all I
have
| > > left is an earlier version that is 1/3 of all the data I need. The
rest, it
| > > appears, is GONE!
| > >
| > > Is there any way to get back the document that was
| > > over-written/automatically changed by a library item? And, where is
the
| > > "undo" feature on 2003?
| > >
| > > I tried using a file recover program but that didn't work. Is all,
lost?
| > > Apparently Microsoft doesn't bother to provide technical support, even
if you
| > > just bought the program (and it's not that inexpensive) so I'm
throwing
| > > myself out here, hoping that someone will be kind enough to respond. I
am
| > > looking at weeks of work unless there is some sort of fix for this,
and I
| > > DON'T want it to ever happen again..so I want to get a better idea of
how to
| > > deal with this problem. Thanks in advance for your help.
| >
| >