paul@tenset.UUCP (Paul Andrews) (11/29/89)
Does anyone know of a way of recovering data from a damaged PageMaker 3 file? Actually the file isn't 'damaged'. I used 'Save' when I meant to use 'Save as...'. The result is I saved a document with 2 pages over a document that had 40 something pages. The file however is still 1.7MB big, so I assume that most of the information is in there somewhere. The question is can I get at it? If anyone knows of a way of doing this (maybe there's a recovery app that might be able to do something?) I will be very grateful (as I'm sure you can imagine, and no there isn't a backup!). - Paul. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Paul Andrews | Post: Tenset Technologies Limited, | | paul@tenset.uucp | Norfolk House, | | Phone: +44 223 328886 | 301 Histon Road, | | Fax: +44 223 460929 | Cambridge CB4 3NF, UK. | ------------------------------------------------------------------
wingbean@blake.acs.washington.edu (The Flying Legume) (12/01/89)
In article <191@tenset.UUCP> paul@tenset.UUCP (Paul Andrews) writes: >Does anyone know of a way of recovering data from a damaged PageMaker 3 >file? Actually the file isn't 'damaged'. I used 'Save' when I meant to >use 'Save as...'. The result is I saved a document with 2 pages over a >document that had 40 something pages. The file however is still 1.7MB >big, so I assume that most of the information is in there somewhere. >The question is can I get at it? If anyone knows of a way of doing this >(maybe there's a recovery app that might be able to do something?) >I will be very grateful (as I'm sure you can imagine, and no there isn't >a backup!). Well, I hate to say this, but you may be S.O.L.... PageMakers file structure is a database structure and as such its pointers get rather messy, making it rather impossible to reconstruct. A lot of the text will still be there and you can use a file editor to pull the text strings out if you still need that. The reason that the file size is still large is that the data is still around until you do a save as.. The only possibility I can suggest is see if there are any temporary files i the PM folder or in the System folder and rename them and try to open them.
steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (12/02/89)
In article <191@tenset.UUCP> paul@tenset.UUCP (Paul Andrews) writes:
#>Does anyone know of a way of recovering data from a damaged PageMaker 3
#>file? Actually the file isn't 'damaged'. I used 'Save' when I meant to
#>use 'Save as...'. The result is I saved a document with 2 pages over a
#>document that had 40 something pages. The file however is still 1.7MB
#>big, so I assume that most of the information is in there somewhere.
#>The question is can I get at it? If anyone knows of a way of doing this
#>(maybe there's a recovery app that might be able to do something?)
#>I will be very grateful (as I'm sure you can imagine, and no there isn't
#>a backup!).
#>
#>- Paul.
Did you try the Revert option in the File menu? I know
it works while you are in the same session. I haven't
tried it on a saved file. If that doesn't work, check
with Aldus Tech Support; that's what they are for. You are
right that PageMaker saves the previous version, which
is why the file is so big. You can save a lot of disk
space by using Save As and not changing the file name,
which then saves only the current version (which is,
of course, not what you want to do in this case).
See the manual, page 1-34, for a fuller, though somewhat
cryptic explanation of the Revert command. The reference
manual has a longer explanation of what PageMaker saves
in section 5.
Steve Goldfieldieee@smu.uucp (IEEE group account) (12/07/89)
>Well, I hate to say this, but you may be S.O.L.... PageMakers file structure
Before you give up completely, you may want to try Can Opener from Abbot
Systems. It can read PageMaker files, even corrupted ones. I should say
it can extract text and PICTs.
I don't guarantee it. You may want to give them a call before you buy.
-Fred
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