5. Taking me back to one week ago step-by-step

Overview

This tutorial will walk you through steps to recover older revision of the Microsoft Word document "Support us.doc" from revision 6 down to revision 3 which is one week ago before revision 6.

Taking me back to one week ago

One day, our leading character, Andy, wants to recover a Microsoft Word document called "Support us.doc" to what it looks like one week ago.

Here're his steps.

  1. Andy launches AOcell vSync and plugs in his USB Flash Drive.

    Right away, AOcell vSync finds his timebag as shown below:

    Figure 31. Andy's timebag shown in the timebag list

    Andy's timebag shown in the timebag list


    [Note]Note

    From the screenshot above, you can see that the working copy folder is "Andy's Documents/Product Documents".

  2. Andy starts the timebag inspector by clicking the menu item "Timebag - What's in it/take me back to the past...".

    Figure 32. Menu item to start timebag inspector

    Menu item to start timebag inspector


  3. The timebag inspector appears.

    Figure 33. The timebag inspector appears

    The timebag inspector appears


  4. Andy clicks the link "Support us.doc". The detail of the document named "Support us.doc" shows.

    Figure 34. Detail of the document "Support us.doc"

    Detail of the document "Support us.doc"


    [Tip]Tip

    From the screenshot above, the document "Support us.doc" has 5 revisions: 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

  5. Andy clicks the link "Take me back to here" of revision 3.

    Figure 35. The screenshot that the link "Take me back to here" of revision 3 is high-lighted.

    The screenshot that the link "Take me back to here" of revision 3 is high-lighted.

  6. After seconds, the recovery is complete. Andy launches the document named "Support us.doc" in the working copy folder "Andy's Documents/Product Documents". Great, it's the same with the one one week ago.

    Figure 36. Content of revision 3 of the document named "Support us.doc"

    Content of revision 3 of the document named "Support us.doc"


That's all. How easy to take yourself back to the past!