New files you’ve developed that haven’t yet been saved can be recovered by completing the following steps: Ensure that both Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes and Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving are checked.In each program, select the File menu and click on Options from the left hand menu.In order to do this, however, you need to make sure Office is configured to auto recover and auto save your documents. When creating documents in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Office can automatically save documents in a temporary location so you can retrieve the file in the event it is prematurely closed. Luckily, several programs in Microsoft Office 2010 provide us with a safety net for those occasions when we lose what we’ve created. Regardless, it is a disheartening feeling to think that all that hard work was just flushed down the drain in an instant. Perhaps you deliberately closed the program, but accidentally hit Don’t Save instead of the Save button (I know I’ve done that before). Once everything is back up and running, panic sets in as you realize you didn’t save your work. It’s a sad and frustrating occurrence that happens to the best of us…you’re working hard to wrap up a document due by the end of the day when your computer crashes, the lights go out, or the program you’re working in just locks up unexpectedly.
