saved document is now blank

[iheartejs]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

I had a very important document that apparently I never backed up.

I just opened it, and it is completely blank, except for a few horizontal lines.

Is there any way to retrieve the old version?

I switched from the old .doc to the new .docx, although I doubt that is a part of it, since the rest of my documents are fine.

 

[John McGhie]

There's no way to retrieve the old version.

However, if you do File>Open from Word and specify "Recover Text from Any
Document" as the Type, if there is any text left in there, that will dig it
out.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

I had a very important document that apparently I never backed up.

I just opened it, and it is completely blank, except for a few horizontal
lines.

Is there any way to retrieve the old version?

I switched from the old .doc to the new .docx, although I doubt that is a part
of it, since the rest of my documents are fine.

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