Updated September 15, 2017
Automatic Recovery
Open Microsoft Word 2007. Look for the file on the list of available files in the “Document Recovery” pane. Double-click on the file you wish to recover. Review the file to see if anything is missing. Word automatically makes a copy every “x” minutes. “X” is defined by the user in the “Save” section of the “Word Options” panel found under the “Office” symbol. If “x” equals 10 minutes, then the recovered file will not include the changes made during the last 9 minutes before the file unexpectedly closed. Save the Word document, and continue working.
Manual Recovery
Open Microsoft Word 2007, and click on the “Office” symbol. Click “Word Options,” and select the “Save” link. Verify that the check box beside “Save AutoRecover information every” is checked, and enter a different number if you are unsatisfied with the current setting. Take note of the “AutoRecover file location.” By default, it will be “C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word,” with your user name substituted for . Open the AutoRecover folder described above, and look for recent files with the file extension .wbk. Double-click on the desired file, and choose Word 2007 if prompted to choose which program to open the file with. Writer Bio
