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A question that often arises with a newly launched version of an application is; Will the new file format be compatible with an older version? If you are a Microsoft Project user then this question is asked more often than with other Microsoft applications. If you have been sent a Project MPP file created in a later version of Microsoft Project and you are trying to open this file in an older version you may receive an error message informing you that this is not possible. Check below to determine if a converter for opening newer files is available to you.

Which Project version are you using?	Which file version are you trying to open?	Notes
Project 2007	Project 2010 or 2013	No converter is available. If you received a Project 2013 file that you want to open using Project 2010 or Project 2007, ask the person who sent the file to first save it in the earlier Project file format. Alternately, you can install the free trial version of Project 2013, and then view the file, or save it to the earlier Project file format.
Note Once the trial version of Project 2013 has expired, it can continue to open and view project files, but it won’t be able to save them.

Project 2003	Project 2007	There are two possibilities here. If you are using Project 2003 with SP3, project files from Project 2007 can be opened read-only. If you are using Project 2003 without SP3, there is no converter available. Upgrade to Project 2003 with SP3, or ask the person who sent the Project 2007 or later file to save the file first in the Project 2000-2003 file format.

Project 2003	Project 2010 or 2013	No converter is available. Ask the person who sent the Project 2010 or 2013 file to save the file first in the Project 2000-2003 file format.

Project 2000 or Project 2002	Project 2007, 2010 or 2013	No converter is available. Ask the person who sent the Project 2007 or later file to save the file first in the Project 2000-2003 file format.

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Ever closed an Excel workbook and clicked the “Don’t Save” option, then realised you should have saved it! Microsoft Excel 2010 now has a file recovery option for just such an occassion. This has proved invaluable in our Microsoft Excel Training Courses in London.

Always check the AutoRecover time in the Excel options. To do this go to the File, Options and Save. (Shown below)

Set the “Save AutoRecover information every” time to 2mins.

Retrieving a workbook after it’s been closed without saving can be achieved by:

File Ribbon, Info

From the Info panel select the Manage Versions button, then Recover UnSaved

A list of unsaved documents will be seen. Select the one required.

Note: This works for both documents that you have previously saved, and docs never saved

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