Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Need to recover an “unsaved” Excel file from your hard drive? Hoping it was saved by your “Autosave” feature? If you haven’t done ...

You spent a lot of time on a crucial Word document and, just when you save, your machine either shuts down or stops functioning, leaving your work unsaved. You may wonder whether can you recover an ...

Microsoft Word has become the go-to tool for crafting documents of all kinds with millions of users worldwide. But what happens when the unexpected occurs, and your system crashes, leaving your ...

AutoRecover or AutoSave does not replace the Save command. AutoRecover is only effective for unplanned disruptions, such as a power outage or a crash. AutoRecover files are not designed to be saved ...

You might not have to start all over again.

Have you ever been in a place where you’ve been working on an Excel file for hours, and suddenly all of your work has been lost? It might be due to an unexpected power loss or a system crash, ...

If you work a lot in Excel, you’ve no doubt experienced losing a file due to forgetting to save it. If you’ve done a lot of work in Excel on a single project, only to have closed the file without ...

A nightmare scenario: A power outage occurs after you've spent several hours slaving away on an Excel spreadsheet filled with important numbers and other data for a presentation or report that's due ...

Q: I run XP and Office 2003, and I was rummaging through the Options menu (click on Tools, Options), and in the Save tab I came across an option to Save AutoRecover info every:. And then it gives you ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2012. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. AutoRecover saves at ...

Word will save new documents to the cloud by default. AutoSave will also be enabled by default. You can turn off these options if you prefer to save your files locally. Microsoft has long been pushing ...