For additional background: Word does autosave, at intervals that you can set in
the options dialog, but the autosave files are automatically deleted when you
close the document normally. The autosave files are available only if Word
crashes while the document is open.
It probably won't be of any use if you're working on the school's computers, but
you can set up your own machine to make real backups. See
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm.
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Jay Freedman
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:13:59 -0500, "JoAnn Paules"
wrote:
If you didn't save it, there is nothing to retrieve.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
"Jordan." wrote in message
...
I was under the impression that Word autosaves every 10 minutes. I was at
school today and I accidentally closed my document, clicked "do not save"
and
now I am out two days of homework due tomorrow.
When I search in the Vista search bar "FinalExam" or "autorecovery
finalexam" nothing shows up. It brings up recovery files for a bunch of
different documents but not the one I need. I seriously need help!!!!
Greatly appreciated thank you!
-JB