How to Restore an Excel File

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Tip 1 - AutoRecover in Excel

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rennae Edde | permalink

Excel periodically saves a copy of your Excel file. Learn how to recover a file that was never saved and how to recover a file that has been saved at least once.
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For further reading: http://www.excel-easy.com/examples/autorecover.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How can I restore an excel document to an earlier date as it looks like the file was saved in error with a lot of the informat

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bob Raceway | permalink

How can I restore an excel document to an earlier date as it looks like the file was saved in error with a lot of the information deleted in error, so I only need to restore to a previous save date.

For further reading: http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2101371/restore-excel-document-earlier-date-file-saved-error-lot-informat.html ^[2]