- 1). Restart Microsoft Word. Depending on whether you had a power outage, system failure or Word closed unexpectedly, you may need to restart your computer as well.
- 2). Look to the left side of the screen for the Document Recovery task pane. Keep in mind it will only appear if Word recognizes that it closed unexpectedly. If you simply forget to save your document before closing Word, the Document Recovery pane will not appear.
- 3). Select one of the files listed under "Available Files." If there is more than one, choose the one that recovered the most work.
- 4). Click the down arrow.
- 5). Select an option from the shortcut menu. Click "Open" to show the recovered document. Click "Save As" to create a new version of the recovered document. Click "Delete" to delete this version of the document.
- 6). Repeat Steps 3 to 5 for each available file listed.
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