Recover file that is on print queue?

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Recover file that is on print queue?

I spent about 5 hours typing something yesterday, thinking that I was saving as I worked. As it turns out, I was clicking the little picture of a printer, not the one of a disk. (This is in Microsoft Word.) So the final draft of the file got added to the print queue, but never saved. I can't find a temp file of it, and my computer didn't crash so there's no autorecovery file.

I don't have a printer so it didn't print. Is there a way to get the file from the print queue and save it as a Word file?

(I don't have access to the default printer that it's on the queue for either.)

Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on May 19, 2007 4:14 PM

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Answer 1

May 19, 2007 4:31 PM in response to Daniel Nichols1

When you closed the file, I think Word should have asked you if you wanted to save the file or not. If you didn't I'm pretty sure you can't get it back. Check the list of recently saved files, they're at the bottom of Word's File menu.

If you double-click your printer in the printer list, you will get a dialog containing a list of "Active" and "Completed" jobs, but this list only gives the names of the files you printed. Unfortunately, this is just a list of names, it can't actually show you where those files exist.

Let me know if this helps

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Answer 2

May 19, 2007 4:34 PM in response to Devin Crutcher

No, unfortunately it doesn't help. I've tried everything it seems, and the fact that my computer might have the information stored somewhere so it can send it to a printer seems to be my last hope. It's definitely not saved anywhere as a standard Word file.

Thanks anyway!

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