Rocky Mtn Saver
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Sept 4, 2012 16:27:20 GMT -5
If you want to save, you need to buy the deluxe version. The basic version doesn't save. You have to take a picture of the screen to retain your data. Plus to the idea that anyone worked for 4 days on anything and never bothered to save their work. Just out of curiosity, how long were you planning on waiting before saving your data?
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Sept 4, 2012 16:30:53 GMT -5
...:::"...that anyone worked for 4 days on anything and never bothered to save their work.":::...
4 days without a blue screen of death is also a pretty ambitious stretch.
To be fair, I'm very excited about windows 8. In fact, I have a note on my calendar for next year to post the "was win8 DOA" thread I promised WCPaul we could debate.
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Post by Angel! on Sept 4, 2012 16:40:50 GMT -5
Click on the circle button in the upper right hand corner, then select the excel options button at the very bottom of the menu. Click the SAVE tab on the left. Then see if the Save AutoRecover information is selected. If not you are screwed, it wasn't autosaving. Then look at where the autorecover files are set to save. I believe default is C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\. Then find that file location & look for files ending in the .xlsb extension. However, if you opened up excel & nothing happened, there are likely no files to recover. So the above is probably a pointless exercise. Files are only saved autorecover if there is an unexpected shutdown. If someone came along & closed the program normally & didn't save the work, there would be no recovery file. Since no recover file opened, then odds are either this happened or you don't have the autorecover selected in the options. This is 2007 right? Unless she bought an upgrade herself, she'll have 2003 like I do. My laptop is XP Service Pack 3. She said she had Excel 2007, so that is what I based my answer on. Regardless, sounds like the work is gone.
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Post by tloonya on Sept 4, 2012 17:32:57 GMT -5
STOP!!!!!!!!!!!! Please stop it and thanks. I appreciate your help. I have re-created the file from scratch. And I will have to do some more work about it. And I had been saving...my my my... Round of drinks for everyone!
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Post by Reckless Roselia on Sept 5, 2012 2:35:13 GMT -5
You've got to hit the save button before closing down your file or else you'll lose all the work during that session. Its better to be safe than sorry. I once developed a saving OCD, i.e. I was saving my work on Word/Excel every 10 minutes or so incase I lost anything in a shutdown.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 5, 2012 8:58:57 GMT -5
You've got to hit the save button before closing down your file or else you'll lose all the work during that session. Its better to be safe than sorry. I once developed a saving OCD, i.e. I was saving my work on Word/Excel every 10 minutes or so incase I lost anything in a shutdown. Ditto.....once I started working on my thesis data, not only was I hitting save regularly, I was also saving it to a flash drive.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Sept 5, 2012 8:59:59 GMT -5
I once developed a saving OCD, i.e. I was saving my work on Word/Excel every 10 minutes or so incase I lost anything in a shutdown. Saving OCD! That's exactly what I have, I just never had a clever name for it. Now I know my affliction, thanks! ;D
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Post by Opti on Sept 5, 2012 11:06:11 GMT -5
This is 2007 right? Unless she bought an upgrade herself, she'll have 2003 like I do. My laptop is XP Service Pack 3. She said she had Excel 2007, so that is what I based my answer on. Regardless, sounds like the work is gone. That's right. She just recently had the thread about MS Office.
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Post by tloonya on Sept 5, 2012 14:17:46 GMT -5
WHYYYYYY? are you supposed to remember all of my threads? Cant you just stick with OP question without tracing everything to the past??? And NO! My laptop is old and has MS Office. My DDs laptop is brand new and have not! IN YOUR FACE!!!
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 5, 2012 14:21:23 GMT -5
You are very memorable Loony - you are just going to have to live with that.
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