Automatically Save and Recover Office Files

Overview

Sometimes a Microsoft Office program closes before the saving changes to a working file. Some possible causes include: A power outage occurs. System is made unstable by another program. Something goes wrong with the Microsoft Office program itself. Although the user can't always prevent problems such as these from happening, the user can take steps to protect their work when an Office program closes abnormally. The AutoRecover option (in these Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Visio) and AutoSave option (in Microsoft Office Outlook) can help the user avoid losing work in two ways: One's data is automatically saved and the program state is automatically saved.