lost a word document

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help! I lost a word document that took 2 hours. can I find it somewhere?

 

[Stefan Blom]

That depends on how you lost the document.

If Word crashed, there should be an AutoRecover file available.

If "Always create backup copy" was selected in Tools | Options (Save
tab) you can open a previous *.wbk version of the file.

If the file was never saved, there is nothing to retrieve.

For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/AutomaticSave.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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help! I lost a word document that took 2 hours. can I find it

somewhere?

 

[Guest]

Hi Stefan,
It was not checked but "allow background saves" was as well as "Embed
linguistic data" any other suggestions based on that?
Word did not crash.

Paul

 

[Stefan Blom]

The "Allow background saves" option is covered in the article.

"Embed linguistic data" applies to input of handwriting and to speech
recognition; see:

Turn on or off saving handwritten input data
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030851181033.aspx

I suspect you have to retype the document.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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