reinstall word 2016 after computer crash

With the Word document open click on File.

The great news is that even if you didn’t save your Word document – even the best of us have clicked Don’t Save by accident when we were closing documents – you can recover it from the AutoRecovery folder. Scenario 4: In a moment of madness you clicked on Don’t Save!

Enjoy this version of your lost document.

Drag the file onto the Text Edit icon in the Dock.One of the suggestions may be to open the Text Recovery Converter. When you try to open the AutoRecovery file (either by clicking on it or trying to drag it onto the Word icon in the Dock) you may see a message claiming that Word experienced an error trying to open the file.

Having found the document you may not be able to open it, in which case you may need to try the steps in the next scenario… Scenario 3: Word won’t open the AutoRecovery version of my Document.

This will open your AutoRecovery folder where you will find the AutoRecovery versions of your documents even though you didn’t save.

~/Library/Containers//Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery Scenario 2: Opening Word doesn’t load up the document you were working on.

Reinstall word 2016 after computer crash