Retreiving a deleted document.

[Dbo1985]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
Processor: Intel

Ok.., so I managed to delete my entire paper that's due today while changing the cover sheet! I know just hit undo. Well, I did not notice the entire document had been changed and when I went to click on the print tab I clicked save! So I deleted the paper, then saved the change. I have already closed the application. Is there any way to retrieve my mistake. I had already saved the completed document prior, so it was saved at one point.
Thanks, any help and info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi,

you're not going to like the answer, but no, unless you've created a backup
copy at some point, there's nothing you can do right now.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
Processor: Intel

Ok.., so I managed to delete my entire paper that's due today while changing
the cover sheet! I know just hit undo. Well, I did not notice the entire
document had been changed and when I went to click on the print tab I clicked
save! So I deleted the paper, then saved the change. I have already closed the
application. Is there any way to retrieve my mistake. I had already saved the
completed document prior, so it was saved at one point.
Thanks, any help and info would be greatly appreciated.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[MC]

If your OS is Leopard, and if you have activated Time Machine, you have
a backup on an external drive and you can go back in time (so to speak)
and retrieve it.

Time Machine has saved my rear end at least three times now, and is
worth the entire cost of Leopard.

The OP *might* have some recourse via data recovery services, but not in
time to meet the deadline.