I think as long as he saved it sometime earlier he can at least retrieve what was originally saved. I have not had any luck retrieving any documents that were not originally saved during the working session. Sometimes, there is a "temp" file created but I think it only appears if Word is open, not necessarily the document. Because of these mishaps in the past, my motto is Save early, Save often. If I'm wrong, I will be jumping for joy when the group gives the solution! Sandy Crowley, SDA, CDT=20 Little Diversified Architectural Consulting D:704.561.5135 | M:704.408.0458 | www.littleonline.com =20 -----Original Message----- From: Carr [mailto:carr_kids@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:51 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Word 97? Hi Group, =20 One of my co workers was working on a word document which he left opened and then opened an email document that was in word as well. He was trying to close the email word document and instead closed word altogether. He was given the option to save changes, he didn't. The word document he was working on was closed as well.=20 =20 What we're trying to find out is if the autosave feature was on is there a way he can get the document back with the changes he had already made or is he SOL?=20 =20 Thanks, P. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to=20 mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************