Urgent help needed with Office 2007

[Adn4n]

I realize this is the wrong forum but it has the highest volume of traffic and I just messed up bad. I had two files with the same name on my desktop, one a 2k3 file and one a 2k7. I had something written on the 2k7 version that I needed to print out here at school. I have to convert it to 2k3 to do that. I thought I had opened the new version and saved it as a 2k3 file but somehow i did the opposite. Is there any way to recover the file?

I'm sorry to post this here in OT but I have a test in several hours and now I'm going to be effed entirely.

A lack of prior planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part. moderator allisolm

 

[olds]

Just use your back up copy.

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Just use your back up copy.

ZING!

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Download the compatibilty pack or send it to somoene to convert.

 

[Adn4n]

The backup, which I do have, is not up to date. Bah, at least I didn't get rick rolled.

Download the compatibilty pack or send it to somoene to convert.

Both files are now containing the old text and it's missing about 4 pages.

 

[Mo0o]

maybe you can check autosave logs for teh old files

 

[Adn4n]

The Application Data folder was empty. I'm guess because I rebooted immediately before I did this. Bah.

 

[WildHorse]

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[Schfifty Five]

LOL @ your misfortunes OP.

 

[Spineshank]

Sounds like your SOL.

 

[JJChicken]

This reminds me of a situation. I was at uni once working on an essay, saving to usb etc. I finished it at this point. Now I'm somebody who logs off without closing word. So word then saved my file locally cause of autorecover. I am unaware that this had happened. I lose usb and lose essay and start writing up again (i lost it close to the final date). One day i randomly sit at the same workstation where id finish my file (theres like over 150 workstations in this lab at least, and heaps elsewhere in the uni). Whatdayaknw!! Word shows the autorecover dialogue!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WildHorse]

one thing, I notice WOrd 2007 leaves a LOT of phantom files on the drive. So make sure you enable view hidden files then look in the directory in which you were last working on the file. You might see a greyed-out "hidden" version of the file you had opened, which you might recover.

Try it.