Recovering "lost" Word document?

CoolHotCold

What Operating system?

If its Windows 7 it's easy to restore.

Go to where the blank document is
Right hand click on the file
Go To Properties
Go To Previous Versions
Select a date you think works.

Presto, all work should be back to normal. Though useless if your not on Windows 7

googler

mart44 wrote: »

A good idea. I find a free search utility called 'Agent Ransack' very useful for this kind of search:

Why do you need a third-party search utility?

Why not just use Windoze search?

mart44

googler wrote: »

Why do you need a third-party search utility?

Why not just use Windoze search?

I once used Windows search to find text within a file but it didn't find it. I'd seen Agent Ransack recommended, so tried that. It found the text. I use it for all searches now. Just a preference.

scheming_gypsy

CoolHotCold wrote: »

What Operating system?

If its Windows 7 it's easy to restore.

Go to where the blank document is
Right hand click on the file
Go To Properties
Go To Previous Versions
Select a date you think works.

Presto, all work should be back to normal. Though useless if your not on Windows 7

you need indexing to be running for it to take backups of previous versions.

Dave_C_2

A little late for the OP, but after years of professionally driving Microsoft word I have come to the conclusion that word is designed to lose your files.

You have to be paranoid:

• Before working on an important document use Windows (not Word) to make a separate numbered backup copy.
• Always have keep backup copy checked
• Always use windows (not word) to copy a document.
• When closing Word with multiple document windows, check and double check that the window you are closing without saving is not the mega-important document that you have been working on all morning.
• The mechanism for recovering after a crash works perfectly, all lost documents are from other causes.
• More useful tips here

Dave

albionrovers

Hope you get it back OP.

In future, always save as a new version in the filename.... x_v1, x_v2, x_v3 etc