autorecover?

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Ribno

Ok, this is stupid, I know, but...

I was working on a Word document last night for hours. I
was very tired and never saved. Not only that, but when I
went to close the document, I clicked 'no' when asked to
save at the end. Believe me, I'll never do that again.\

That said, does Word keep any record of this in a 'temp'
file or something like that? I checked in the 'options'
and "create backup files" wasn't checked. I've done a
search on my system of *.* files dated last night, and
there is nothing....

Am I hosed or what?

Thanks in advance,

Ribno.
 
No - It's gone! Any temp files that may have been created are wiped when
Word is closed, and in any case they do not contain a workable version of
the document. You should get into the habit of pressing CTRL+S every time
you pause for thought.

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Word only keeps a copy of what you have been working on if
you have a power failure or a reboot action unexpectedly.
When you exit in the normal fashion, don't save your work,
your backup file is wiped out.
 
Ok, this is stupid, I know, but...

I was working on a Word document last night for hours. I
was very tired and never saved. Not only that, but when I
went to close the document, I clicked 'no' when asked to
save at the end. Believe me, I'll never do that again.\
Click to expand...

One simple change in Word would save a lot of pain and anguish. Fix it
so that when the user says not to save changes, Word writes a file
anyway, gives it a name like "Safety net for Word - 23487615.doc", and
sends it to the recycle bin directly.

Two hours of programming would save a lot of hours of work for a lot
of sleepy users.

Bob S
 
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