Tip of the Week From the LPM Department—Recovering a “Lost” Microsoft Word Document

We’ve all had it happen at one time or another. You’re working on a Word document, and your computer freezes up. Or you close a document, but can’t find it again. If it happens to you, you know how frustrating it can be.

It can happen if an error occurs that forces Word to quit, or you experience a power outage while editing, or you mistakenly close the document before saving the changes. Microsoft has a very helpful article that walks you through seven possible methods of recovering lost Word documents. Click here to read the article. Unfortunately, some documents may not be recoverable—but it’s worth a try, right?

Feel free to contact Reba Nance at reban@cobar.org with questions.