Enable AutoRecover in Microsoft Office 2010
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Does this sound familiar? You are working in Excel, Word or Access in Microsoft Office 2010, and your device suddenly crashes, in the middle of a session. You have not saved your document yet, losing all of your hard work and progress. Fortunately, there is a way to prevent this situation from happening again. Microsoft Office 2010 has an effective feature that can allow you to recover your work.
Contents
Steps
Excel
- Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
- Click on "Option" button, which is adjacent to the Exit button.
- Click on Save from the Excel Option window, which is in left side panel.
- Leave the Save files in this format: as it is, if don't want AutoSave your work in any other format. Default is Excel Workbook.
- Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
- Put 1 minute at that time box. Default is 14 minutes.
- Leave the AutoRecover file location as it is. Default is "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\", if Administrator is the user who logged in.
- Leave the Default file location as it is, if you want to change your default file location, then change here. Default is "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents", if Administrator is the user who logged in.
- Click on OK button at bottom left part adjacent to Cancel button.
Word
- Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
- Click on Option button, which is adjacent to the Exit button.
- Click on Save from the Word Option window, which is in left side panel.
- Leave the Save files in this format: as it is, if don't want AutoSave your work in any other format. Default is Word document(*.docx).
- Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
- Type "1" minute into the box. While the default is 10 minutes, a more frequent time is preferred.
- Leave the AutoRecover file location as it is. The default is "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\", if you are the administrator.
- Leave the Default file location as it is. If you want to change your default file location, then change it here. The default is "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents" if you are an administrator.
- Click on OK button at bottom left part, adjacent to the Cancel button.
PowerPoint
- Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
- Click on Option button, which is adjacent to the Exit PowerPoint button.
- Click on Save from the PowerPoint Option window, which is in left side panel.
- Leave the Save files in this format: as it is, if don't want AutoSave your work in any other format. Default is PowerPoint Presentation.
- Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
- Put 1 minute at that time box. Default is 10 minutes.
- Leave the Default file location as it is, if you want to change your default file location, then change here. Default is "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents", if Administrator is the user who logged in.
- Click on OK button at bottom left part adjacent to Cancel button.
Publisher
- Click on the File Tab at the top left corner of the window.
- Select Options.
- Click on the Save tab.
- Select Allow background saves.
- Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
- Put 1 minute at that time box. Default is 10 minutes.
- Click on the OK button at bottom left, adjacent to the Cancel button.
Outlook
- Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
- Select Options.
- Click on Mail from the Outlook Options window, which is in left side panel then scroll down to Save messages.
- Select the Automatically save items that have not been sent after this many minutes check box.
- Select Drafts in "Save to this folder:" menu.
- Put 1 minute as the chosen time.
- Click on the OK button at bottom left, adjacent to the Cancel button in the "Options" window.
Visio
- Click on Tools from menu bar.
- Select Options.
- Go to the Save/Open tab.
- Select the Save AutoRecover information every X minutes check box.
- Put 1 minutes as AutoRecover time.
- Click on the OK button, adjacent to the Cancel button.
Video
Template:Video:Enable AutoRecover and AutoSave in Microsoft Office 2010
Tips
- These procedures are also same for Microsoft Office 2007. Note: Visio is not in Microsoft Office 2007.
- Put 1 minute to allow you to recover your work with minimal loss.
Warnings
- If you select a longer time and your work is closed before that time, then it won't be recoverable.
Things You'll Need
- Microsoft Office 2010
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