How To Recover An Unsaved MS Word 2010 Document In Seconds

After closing the Word file unwittingly, open up a new MS Word document again. Go to File – Info – Manage Versions. Click on the little dropdown and select Recover Unsaved Documents. In Excel 2010 click on Recover Unsaved Workbooks or Recover Unsaved Presentations if you are in PowerPoint 2010.

While opening the unsaved document, you can also make use of the Open& Repair feature for troubleshooting documents that might have got corrupted or damaged.

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You can browse to the following file locations to open the file manually, depending on your operating system:

Windows 7/Windows Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\<Application_Name>
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username> \Application Data\Microsoft\<App Name>

1. Saving of drafts takes place automatically in all applications within MS Office. 
2. The Auto Recover option kicks in if the document has been open for some period of time. 
3. You can easily change the Auto recover interval by going to File – Options – Save. 
4. The default is 10 minutes as indicated under – Save AutoRecover Information.
5. I prefer setting it to a more frequent 3 – 5 minutes.