R Rookie54 May 5, 2010 #1 My autosave is on, but I can't find a doc that should have been recoverable after a surprise shutdown. Where can I go to find it?
My autosave is on, but I can't find a doc that should have been recoverable after a surprise shutdown. Where can I go to find it?
P Peter T. Daniels May 5, 2010 #2 You did, of course, actually save the document at least once before the crash? (There's no such thing as "autosave." AutoRecover helps with saved documents.) If so, the recovered document(s) should open up automatically when you start Word.
You did, of course, actually save the document at least once before the crash? (There's no such thing as "autosave." AutoRecover helps with saved documents.) If so, the recovered document(s) should open up automatically when you start Word.
S Suzanne S. Barnhill May 5, 2010 #3 AutoRecover also recovers unsaved documents provided they've been open long enough to have experienced at least one AutoRecovery save. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org You did, of course, actually save the document at least once before the crash? (There's no such thing as "autosave." AutoRecover helps with saved documents.) If so, the recovered document(s) should open up automatically when you start Word.
AutoRecover also recovers unsaved documents provided they've been open long enough to have experienced at least one AutoRecovery save. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org You did, of course, actually save the document at least once before the crash? (There's no such thing as "autosave." AutoRecover helps with saved documents.) If so, the recovered document(s) should open up automatically when you start Word.
