How to Enable AutoRecover in Microsoft Office 2010

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Does this sound familiar? You are working in Excel, Word or Access in Microsoft Office 2010, and your device suddenly crashes, in the middle of a session. You have not saved your document yet, losing all of your hard work and progress.....

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Excel

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    Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
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    Click on "Option" button, which is adjacent to the Exit button.
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    Click on Save from the Excel Option window, which is in left side panel.
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    Leave the Save files in this format: as it is, if don't want AutoSave your work in any other format. Default is Excel Workbook.
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    Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
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    Put 1 minute at that time box. Default is 14 minutes.
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    Leave the AutoRecover file location as it is. Default is "C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorApplication DataMicrosoftExcel", if Administrator is the user who logged in.
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    Leave the Default file location as it is, if you want to change your default file location, then change here. Default is "C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy Documents", if Administrator is the user who logged in.
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    Click on OK button at bottom left part adjacent to Cancel button.
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Word

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    Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
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    Click on Option button, which is adjacent to the Exit button.
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    Click on Save from the Word Option window, which is in left side panel.
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    Leave the Save files in this format: as it is, if don't want AutoSave your work in any other format. Default is Word document(*.docx).
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    Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
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    Type "1" minute into the box. While the default is 10 minutes, a more frequent time is preferred.
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    Leave the AutoRecover file location as it is. The default is "C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorApplication DataMicrosoftWord", if you are the administrator.
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    Leave the Default file location as it is. If you want to change your default file location, then change it here. The default is "C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy Documents" if you are an administrator.
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    Click on OK button at bottom left part, adjacent to the Cancel button.
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PowerPoint

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    Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
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    Click on Option button, which is adjacent to the Exit PowerPoint button.
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    Click on Save from the PowerPoint Option window, which is in left side panel.
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    Leave the Save files in this format: as it is, if don't want AutoSave your work in any other format. Default is PowerPoint Presentation.
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    Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
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    Put 1 minute at that time box. Default is 10 minutes.
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    Leave the Default file location as it is, if you want to change your default file location, then change here. Default is "C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy Documents", if Administrator is the user who logged in.
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    Click on OK button at bottom left part adjacent to Cancel button.
Method 4 of 6:

Publisher

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    Click on the File Tab at the top left corner of the window.
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    Select Options.
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    Click on the Save tab.
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    Select Allow background saves.
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    Select the Save AutoRecover information every XX minutes check box.
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    Put 1 minute at that time box. Default is 10 minutes.
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    Click on the OK button at bottom left, adjacent to the Cancel button.
Method 5 of 6:

Outlook

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    Click on the File Tab on top left corner of the window.
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    Select Options.
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    Click on Mail from the Outlook Options window, which is in left side panel then scroll down to Save messages.
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    Select the Automatically save items that have not been sent after this many minutes check box.
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    Select Drafts in "Save to this folder:" menu.
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    Put 1 minute as the chosen time.
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    Click on the OK button at bottom left, adjacent to the Cancel button in the "Options" window.
Method 6 of 6:

Visio

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    Click on Tools from menu bar.
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    Select Options.
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    Go to the Save/Open tab.
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    Select the Save AutoRecover information every X minutes check box.
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    Put 1 minutes as AutoRecover time.
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    Click on the OK button, adjacent to the Cancel button.

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