If you haven't saved the file Go to File > Info > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents. Select the file, and then select Open. In the bar at the top of the file, select Save As to save the file.
Open the file you want to view. Click the title of your file and select Version history. Select a version to open it in a separate window. If you want to restore a previous version you've opened, select Restore.
Go to "File > Info", and choose the document that has unsaved changes next to the "Manage Document" button. Step 2. Click on the "Restore" button to recover the unsaved file.
Go to File > Info > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents.
MS Office makes it easy to recover unsaved word documents after you've shut down or restarted your computer. Click on the File menu. Click on Recover Unsaved Documents. Click on the document you need. Save the document to your computer.
Recover text from a damaged file in Word Go to Word > Preferences. Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, select General . Ensure Confirm file format conversion at Open selected, and then close the General dialog box. Go to File > Open. On the Open menu select Recover Text. Open the document.
Texts recovered from damaged Word or Rich Text documents are saved to a new file with a .docx extension – the latest file format supported by MS Word.
This article describes how Microsoft Word creates and recovers AutoRecover (. asd) files (AutoSave in Word 7. x) when you select the "Save AutoRecover Info every <n> Minutes" check box. (To locate this option, click Options on the Tools menu and then click the Save tab.)