Good Morning (11/19/15),
I was working on a fixed asset additions text file to upload in to SAP. To make the process more efficient, my boss suggested I create separate tabs for the different asset types so I could copy down some of the like data so I did. I separated the work I had completed the previous day by asset type and put them on their respective tab, and then started adding data on the tab for 1st asset type tab. I saved as I went along. At the end of the day, I did my final save and answered yes to keeping the file in the same format, etc. I went to re-open it to verify that everything was aligned in the columns properly because on occasion I'd miss that a cell I was copying and pasting was wrapped and it will mess up the alignment on the text file. In those cases I'd just fix that line. So when the file re-opens, none of the work I did that day was there, and even the additional tabs I created with the different asset types were gone!?! OMG!!! I just started a new job and am so upset. =( We looked at trying to restore a previous version of the text file, but even it didn't show my multiple tabs... My co-worker, a fellow accountant, said it was because text files are flat file and won't save properly if you have more than one tab because it's a flat file (I have no idea), which I have no idea what that means. She said you have to save it as an Excel file and then convert it back to text for it to work; at least you think. There has to be some way to retrieve my 3 days Mworth of work since I saved up until the minute I did my final close, right?!? Please advise. Thanks for any help you may offer, and quickly please.
