...then browse to the folder that had the document you deleted. Right-click the folder and click Properties. Now look at the tab labled Previous Versions. Click on that and you'll get a list of the contents on various dates. That'll give you a pretty good idea. You could also recover the deleted file if need be, assuming it hasn't been too long since it was deleted.
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Hey all. 
About 10 days ago I deleted a Word document in the Recycle Bin. I don't want the contents of the document back, but I would like to know either a) the date of when I last saved the deleted document or b) the date of when I created the document. I haven't created any other Word documents in the last few months, so an indirect method (i.e. dates when I created unspecified Word document) would be equally as useful.
I need to know as if I know roughly what the date is, I'll know what data I was using. It would have been within the last 12 days to five weeks, and whilst I have a good idea when it most likely would have been, I am far more certain on the week, let alone day.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Scott.
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