Search for AutoRecover files
- Click File > Open > Recent.
- Scroll to the end of all recent documents, and then click Recover Unsaved Documents.
- If you see the Word document that you are looking for, double click it to open it.
- Save it immediately.
Can you recover unsaved changes to a Word document?
Recovering Unsaved Word Documents
In MS Word, click the File Tab in the upper left. 2. Click Manage Document and select Recover Unsaved Documents from the drop-down list. ... Open the recovered Word document and click the Save As button in the top banner.
Why didn't my Word document save my changes?
If you still can't save your edited document, then there is a good chance that the document is corrupted in some way. Open and Repair is an option available on many of the newer versions of Word; just select the document in the Open dialog box and then click the down-arrow next to the Open button.
