Excel - retrieving unsaved documents

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Myra79 - 24 Jun 2005 19:58 GMT

Is there any way to retrieve an unsaved excel file ? I accidentally closed my
spreadsheet and Excel did not prompt me to save my information. What can I
do?

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Nick Hodge - 29 Jun 2005 00:43 GMT

Myra

Unlikely, but what version of excel? If it is excel XP (2002) or 2003,
check out the folder in Tools>options....>Autosave and look in this folder
for a randomly named file. Try to open this via Excel.

It's a long shot but may work if you haven't worked in Excel since.

If this doesn't work the answer is no, sorry

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> Is there any way to retrieve an unsaved excel file ? I accidentally closed
> my
> spreadsheet and Excel did not prompt me to save my information. What can
> I
> do?

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