After I spent an hour working on a Word document, I had a power failure and the computer closed down. But when I got it running again and opened the file, all my new work was missing. I don’t get it.

You spent a lot of time on a crucial Word document and, just when you save, your machine either shuts down or stops functioning, leaving your work unsaved. You may wonder whether can you recover an ...

Temporary files may allow you to recover an unsaved Word document. Multiple recovery methods exist, but no one method is guaranteed to work in every situation. To prevent losing your work, you can ...

Microsoft 365's AutoSave feature can be a lifesaver if things suddenly go wrong, as it automatically uploads your file to the OneDrive cloud as you work. However, sometimes, AutoSave doesn't function ...

It might not be Word's most often-discussed or attention-grabbing feature, but if you've ever forgotten to save an important document like a draft contract or a memo to a client, Word's autosave ...

Hi there. Our shop doesn't handle Mac work all that often, but sometimes questions come our way, and I have a sort of weird one.<BR><BR>A customer uses Word for Mac extensively (latest version, so far ...

Microsoft Word now saves files to the cloud automatically. AutoSave has been around for a while, but until recently it was an opt-in feature. Now, anything you create in Word will be saved to the ...

Word 2007 periodically records your edits in a file separate from your main saved file. If you exit Word without saving your file, Word opens this AutoRecover file when you next launch the program. If ...

You may be able to recover an unsaved Microsoft Word document if the document is closed in some fashion without being saved. There are multiple methods for recovering an unsaved Word document, but no ...

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