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How can I recover an unsaved file in Word 2010?

I like to draft Word documents and I tend to have a few on the go at any one time.

Now this kind of multi-tasking is a bit of a risk, as I don’t always remember to save the document.  I often close a file and then have the forehead slapping moment (mine, not someone else’s) – but Word 2010 knows how to work with people like me…

In backstage view I can select the “Recover unsaved files” option.  Phew.  From here I can recover my most recently used files.

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At the bottom of the screen is the option to recover unsaved files…phew.

I can also set up an option to pre-empt my multi-tasking ways….and protect my forehead from further hits…

Go to File tab, select, then Options, and select the Save option.

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Select the Save option to set up default settings to stop those “argh, I forgot to save it” options

Under the “Save Autorecover…” box there is a tick box  “keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving”. Tick the box to enable the feature. This allows all recent autosaved files to be recovered.

This kind of tip is part of Microsoft Word Training London – to help get more out of Word and have fewer “argh” moments.

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Insert different headers and footers on odd and even pages

You can easily add a professional look to a long document by adding different headers and footers on odd and even pages.

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Header and footer options are the page set up feature.

Go to Page Layout tab then select Page Set Up options.  Choose the Layout tab, and tick the Different Odd & Even box and make sure you have selected to Apply to whole document box.  Click OK.

Back in the document, you can click below the usual text and this brings up up the Header and Footer sections.

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By clicking below my main text, Word 2010 opens up the footer section for adding details.

Type in the odd page footer.  I’ve typed “Proposal for discussion”.

Scroll down to the foot of page two, where the box will be labelled Even Page Footer. I’ve typed in “Meeting date 8th October 2012” into this box.

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Screenshot of the Even Page Footer

It is easy to close the header and footer dialogue by clicking back into the main body of the document.

Nice!

 This is from a little snippet you can learn from a Microsoft Word Course London.