If you use a computer, you most likely know what it’s like to lose your hard work due to a computer “glitch”. If you’re using Microsoft Word, you don’t have to panic if a document gets toasted.
One way to help avoid losing that brilliant novel, that “I-got-this-job-in-the-bag” resume, or that perfectly crafted snarky complaint letter is to use Word’s AutoRecover feature. This automatically saves your work to a working directory.
To recover your Word document, in the toolbar at the top left click “File”. In the bar on the left click “Options”. Finally, in the window that opens click “Save”. Now look at the “AutoRecover file location:”. This is the directory that contains your file. You can copy and paste this to Windows Explorer to recover your work!
Tip: By default, the document is saved every 10 minutes. I suggest you change this to every 3 or 5 minutes. On the same screen look for “Save AutoRecover information every: 10 minutes” and make the change there.
