

The Auto-Save part of Auto-Recover will automatically save your file at the specified time increments. Revert To A Previous Version (AutoSave) Of An Office 2010 Document, Presentation, Or Spreadsheetĥ. Look for the ( when I closed without saving) tag below the file name, this is the latest version that was auto-saved. In the File > Recent tab you can find existing recent documents that have been worked in but not saved the last time they were exited. Recover Office 2010 Files That Were Previously Saved But Were Closed Without SavingĤ. Next, we’ll look at recovering an Office 2010 file that had been saved once before, but the most recent version was never saved. That’s all there is to recover unsaved Office 2010 docs. Also in the middle of the document you will see a warning that you are currently in a Draft Version and if you don’t save the file it will be automatically deleted in four days. When you open the unsaved file it will alert you at the top that this is an (Autosaved Version). Looking at the Date modified can greatly aid you in finding the correct one.ģ.

Select the document that you were last working on and didn’t save. In your office application, click File > Recent and then at the bottom click Recover Unsaved Documents.Ģ. How To Recover an Office 2010 Document, Spreadsheet, or Presentationġ. Note that at the time of this writing, this feature only works for the following Office 2010 Applications:įor this guide, I’ll be using Microsoft Word 2010 so there will be a slight variation if you are using PowerPoint or Excel. If you don’t save your file or your app crashes, you’ll be able to recover it later using the default Auto-Save features of Office 2010.

The apps may look different but the basic idea is the same. For modern versions of Office 2016 or higher or Office 365 check out our updated auto recover article. Update: This article was originally written for Office 2010.
