When you run a Microsoft Office program such as Word after forgetting to save a document, the program automatically lists autosaved files in the Recovery pane. Once you close this pane, the list ...

Microsoft's Word software allows you to lock specific documents from editing with a password. This feature is designed to protect important documents from changes, but can backfire if a client ...

Microsoft Word has become the go-to tool for crafting documents of all kinds with millions of users worldwide. But what happens when the unexpected occurs, and your system crashes, leaving your ...

When it comes to digital documentation, Microsoft Word files dominate the scene due to their user-friendly interface and versatile features. However, like other digital data, MS Word files can ...

Microsoft Word comes with an Auto Recovery feature that keeps the document safe in case something goes wrong and with the latest version and Office 365, Microsoft has also added the Auto Save feature ...

When opening Microsoft Word (or PowerPoint or Excel) files from the local drive, Office users may get a prompt stating – The Document Recovery task pane contains some recovered files that have not ...

Have you ever lost a Word document due to an unexpected PC crash? Just this week, I experienced this firsthand. Hours of work vanished when my document disappeared. I didn’t panic, though, because my ...

Julia is a writer in New York and started covering tech and business during the pandemic. She also covers books and the publishing industry. Cassie is a former deputy editor who collaborated with ...

The computer ate my term paper! We’ve all been there. You delete an important file—maybe even shift-delete it by accident (on Windows)—or you forget about it until that split-second after you clear ...