Re: Panic! Accidentally saved over a document
James Knott wrote: On 12/02/2017 04:25 PM, John Hart wrote: On 12/1/2017 2:37 PM, Elias Skogqvist wrote: I was using another document as a template and was gonna press "save as" to save the new document alone. But I accidentally pressed save and now the first document is gone! Im close to crying right now ... It's best when using any file as a template to save it with the new name before making any changes. Or make it read only. However, there is something called "Templates" in OO. If you save templates there, you don't have to worry about overwriting. Or simply call it "filename.ott" instead of "filename.odt". OpenOffice will disable "Save" and only allow "Save As" in that case. Elias: if you missed earlier replies, you can find them archived here: https://lists.apache.org/list.html?users@openoffice.apache.org Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Panic! Accidentally saved over a document
On 12/02/2017 04:25 PM, John Hart wrote: > On 12/1/2017 2:37 PM, Elias Skogqvist wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I was using another document as a template and was gonna press "save >> as" to >> save the new document alone. But I accidentally pressed save and now the >> first document is gone! Im close to crying right now >> >> How can I get the first document back >> >> Please help! > The original probably exists on the hard drive, but it's more > difficult to retrieve than > a file that was deleted. A file retrieval program such as Photorec > might be able to do it, > but don't save files on the computer until it's recovered or it could > be overwritten. > It's best when using any file as a template to save it with the new > name before making > any changes. > Or make it read only. However, there is something called "Templates" in OO. If you save templates there, you don't have to worry about overwriting. As for recovering the original, it may still be on the disk, but marked as deleted. There are disk utilities that can find deleted files that have not actually been overwritten. Avoid writing anything to that disk, until a recovery has been attempted. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Panic! Accidentally saved over a document
On 12/1/2017 2:37 PM, Elias Skogqvist wrote: Hi! I was using another document as a template and was gonna press "save as" to save the new document alone. But I accidentally pressed save and now the first document is gone! Im close to crying right now How can I get the first document back Please help! The original probably exists on the hard drive, but it's more difficult to retrieve than a file that was deleted. A file retrieval program such as Photorec might be able to do it, but don't save files on the computer until it's recovered or it could be overwritten. It's best when using any file as a template to save it with the new name before making any changes. jrh - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Panic! Accidentally saved over a document
Hi! I was using another document as a template and was gonna press "save as" to save the new document alone. But I accidentally pressed save and now the first document is gone! Im close to crying right now How can I get the first document back Please help!