Windows Word doc reversal?
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The two programs I linked to do not have to be installed beforehand, and do not use a Previous Versions function.
They will scan the hard drive and list files that have not been physically overwritten yet and offer you the option to recover them.
Thanks @kate
As it happens I had just downloaded Recuva first and it was running as I started this post, but only took over 1 minute to look for the file name, or then look for all documents in C:\Users\user\Desktop where it was. So it didn't find the current file, or any document, though at the bottom of the all document search it says Found O files (661,832 ignored).
*[Also lists the C Drive in the results window as Windows 7 OS when it's now Windows 10 but I imagine thats completely irrelevant.]
*It shows Windows 10 along with the pc hardware under the Recuva top banner - so ignore that*
It doesn't seem Recuva would find previous file versions but it's the free version and I'm doing something wrong.
I'm doing it as an experiment now as I have recovered emotionally from my "loss"

I'll try it further tomorrow and also Easus which I had heard of in the past. Cheers!