Just happened to my wife last night. I said why didn't you write it in Word...

Mar 4, 2015
3:55:03pm

Crowgar

first? She said that Google Docs actually told her to do that, but she still wanted to vent. So I said "Stupid Google Docs!" That made her feel much better!

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Curse you Google Docs!!!! Anybody know how to recover an auto saved version

Mickey

3/4/15 3:51pm

Just happened to my wife last night. I said why didn't you write it in Word...

Crowgar

3/4/15 3:55pm

Seriously though, Google Docs has not been very successful with their interface

Crowgar

3/4/15 4:07pm

Have you tried ctrl+z first, to undo your ctrl+c mistake?

Akilleez

3/4/15 4:08pm

Can't you just go to revision history, go to the revision, and click "restore" ?

BertoChavez

3/4/15 4:10pm

This is what I have done in the past. Especially when working with groups on

sandtrapcougar

3/4/15 4:18pm

Nope. It's gone I guess. Waste of time if I have use MS anyway.

Mickey

3/4/15 4:30pm

Click on the "All Changes Saved in Drive" at the top of the doc to view revision

BYUtka

3/4/15 4:41pm

Might say "Last edit was made by..." Instead... same link... Click there.

BYUtka

3/4/15 4:42pm

THANKS! It was in the expanded view, even the last changes were there.

Mickey

3/4/15 7:14pm

Glad you found it.

BYUtka

3/4/15 9:51pm

Google docs saves while you go, so if you open a doc and your file is missing

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