Recovering an Unsaved Document in Word

  1. Open Microsoft Word
  2. Click Open on the left toolbar
  3. Make sure 'Recent' is highlighted
  4. Scroll to bottom of window
  5. Click Recover Unsaved Documents
  6. Select document from list to open (if document is not in this list chances are it is gone)
  7. Save the opened document

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