When these conditions are met, you can recover up to your last five autosave versions of

your current file.

To open a previous version, click the file you want to open in the list and the autosave ver-
sion will open in a separate window. You can then choose to restore your file, save the
­version as a new file, or close it without saving changes.

TIP If you only need to recover a portion of an autosave version, you don’t need to restore
your file to the earlier version. Simply copy the information you need and paste it in your
main document.

The Versions area is also where you can recover a file you closed without saving. There are
two types of unsaved files: those you never saved and unsaved autosave versions. The latter
applies to files that were previously saved. It’s the last autosave version of a file you closed
without saving current changes.

IMPORTANT Files you never previously saved are automatically deleted after four days.
Unsaved autosave versions are automatically deleted the next time you edit the file and save
changes.

As with the autosave version requirements, in order to recover an unsaved file, you must
elect to save AutoRecover information. And to recover an unsaved autosave version, you
must also elect to keep the last autosaved version when you close without saving. The latter
option is also found in the Options dialog box near the top of the Save options.

To recover unsaved files, click Manage Versions and then do one of the following.

▪▪ In Excel, click Recover Unsaved Workbooks.

▪▪ In PowerPoint, click Recover Unsaved Presentations.
▪▪ In Word, click Recover Unsaved Documents.

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