Tech Tip For Writers #10: How to Undelete
Tech Tips for Soon-to-be Great Writers
Tech Tips for Writers is an (almost) weekly post on overcoming Tech Dread. I'll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I'll cover it in a future Tip.
Q: I was typing and wanted to make a change (formatting, etc). Suddenly, my whole paragraph/sentence/document (fill in your disaster) disappeared. How do I get it back?
A: Let me start by saying, this Undelete tip doesn't apply to deleted files or folders. I'm talking about when you're typing and for some reason known only to God, all or part of your work is deleted. One moment you have thirty pages of your WIP completed; then, before you can scream Stop! it's gone.
Two ideas:
Push Ctrl Z to undo your last steps. You may not even realize you deleted, so go back in time one step at a time until it comes back
If the entire program disappeared from your screen, check the taskbar. It might be sleeping down there. Click on it to awaken.
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Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and creator of two technology training books for middle school. She is the author of Building a Midshipman , the story of her daughter's journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com , and a weekly contributor to Write Anything and Technology in Education . Currently, she's working on a techno-thriller that should be ready this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.
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