{"id":754,"date":"2012-10-08T14:01:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T14:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microsofttraining.net\/b\/wordtraining\/?p=147"},"modified":"2023-12-30T23:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:15:14","slug":"how-can-i-recover-an-unsaved-file-in-word-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/how-can-i-recover-an-unsaved-file-in-word-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I recover an unsaved file in Word 2010?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to draft Word documents and I tend to have a few on the go at any one time.<\/p>\n

Now this kind of multi-tasking is a bit of a risk, as I don’t always remember to save the document. \u00a0I 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…<\/p>\n

In backstage view I can select the “Recover unsaved files” option. \u00a0Phew. \u00a0From here I can recover my most recently used files.<\/p>\n

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At the bottom of the screen is the option to recover unsaved files…phew.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can also set up an option to pre-empt my multi-tasking ways….and protect my forehead from further hits…<\/p>\n

Go to File tab, select, then Options, and select the Save option.<\/p>\n

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Select the Save option to set up default settings to stop those “argh, I forgot to save it” options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under the “Save Autorecover…” box there is a tick box \u00a0“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.<\/p>\n

This kind of tip is part of Microsoft Word Training London – to help get more out of Word and have fewer “argh” moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. \u00a0I often close a file and then have the forehead slapping moment (mine, not someone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[296,374],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-word-training","tag-how-to-recover-unsaved-files","tag-microsoft-word-training-london"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6812,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/6812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}