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How do u unchange a saved excel file

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by wizkid0109 1 view

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A friend of mine opened an excel file of his and some how erased all the information in it and it was saved. Is there any way to get the information back even though the file wasnt deleted, it was changed. Is there anyway to recover it. Now that it has happened.

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by shmaltz

Once you close the file its impossible to recover it. However, if you realize that you ereased data before you close the file (even after saving but before closing the file) you can use the undo feature of Excel.

by adeal

A lot of times, Windows leaves a copy of the original file in the temp folder - usually when the application terminates abnormally, but I've seen it happen other times. The filename will be something strange, but look for something with the same file size as your original. Hope this helps. Good luck.

by blaine moore

Try tools->track changes->highlight changes

Chances are this isn't activated on the file in question so it won't actually help, but I have been saved that way a couple times myself.

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