Enable and Turn On AutoRecover in Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Unsaved File Discovery

When using Microsoft Office 2007, 2003 and XP products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher, you may accidentally lost the working file you’re typing or designing at if the computer suddenly interrupted due to power electricity outage. If you have not save the working copy of the file, you will be in much despair. Luckily Office programs provides AutoRecovery feature (which exists also in version XP and 2003), which able to auto recover the unsaved lost file when you re-open the Office program that was not terminated or closed properly.

However, when the power resumes, and you run the Office program back again, it may not prompt you AutoRecover pane to automatically recover the working file to its last working state before power failure or application termination. And thus you no longer can open or access the file as it was corrupted or you never save it. To avoid such situation from happening, ensure that AutoRecover feature is turned on and enabled for all MS Office products, especially in Word and Excel.

To enable and turn of AutoRecover feature, simply follow the following steps. Note that the “Options” menu location in Office 2007 has changed. Most products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher XP or 2003 and Publisher 2007 has the typical menu bar, while Word 2007, Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007 uses new Microsoft Office Fluent ribbon interface.

1. Except Word 2007, Excel 2007 and PPT 2007, click on Tools on menu bar, then select Options. For Word 2007, Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007, click on Office button on the top left corner, the select Word Options, Excel Options or PowerPoint Options, depends on which application you’re running.

   

2. Click on the Save tab.
3. Tick the check box of Save AutoRecover information every x minutes or Save AutoRecover info every: x minutes (for older Office).
4. The set the frequency setting (x as in sentence above) in minutes to any number you like, typically 10 minutes or 5 minutes.

   

5. Click on OK button.

AutoRecovery feature is now enabled. However, be warned that do not ever rely on Auto Recovery feature to recover your file in case of accident. It’s notorious for unreliability. The best practice is to click the Save button or press Ctrl-S key sequence regularly.

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