Turned+off+computer+without+saving

Turned off computer without saving

Your Word docs are saved by default.

If it is not there, don't give up yet. It is possible it was saved to a different location. Look in the Recent Documents list.

Sometimes, unfortunately, this list does not show everything you have been working on. Try searching for it (Use the Search box on the Start menu in Windows Vista or Windows 7 or click **Search** on the Start menu in XP) by name. If that does not work, try doing a search for ***.doc** or ***docx** as it could have been saved under a different name than what you think. For example, sometimes if we open a template and start writing in it, we forget to rename the file and it is there saved as **__templatename.doc__**__.__

If that does not work either, check the Recycle Bin to make sure it was not inadvertently deleted and ended up there. If you still have no luck, try to find the backup copy that Word makes (if you have it configured to do that in **Options | Tools | Save**). Search for files with the **.wbk** extension.

If Word is shut down without saving your document, it normally displays a list of automatically recovered files next time you start it. But if that does not happen, you can search manually. In Word 2010, click **File | Recent** and then click **Recover Unsaved Documents**. You can also search all your drives for the auto-recovery files, which will have an **.asd** extension.

Another possibility is to find the temporary file that Word creates while you are working on a document. Search for files with the **.tmp** extension, looking for files with a file date/time that matches the timeframe when you were working on the document. You can also search for files with names that begin with **~**.