He has none of these things. He has overwritten a folder with a folder with the same name. It would have been better if he had trashed these files by mistake. Paul Moortgat On 14 Apr 2012, at 01:25, Jim Warthman wrote: > > On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> A friend has overwritten some Excel files but has printed versions. Is it possible to scan these and make normal Excel files from it? >> If so, which is the best software to do? > > Paul, > I hope your friend is able to recover the information. > > I don't suppose your friend was using Time Machine or CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper! or... > > But perhaps this experience will be motivation to start! > > Enjoy, > > Jim