Recover from Temporary FilesĪ temporary file is a file that is created to temporarily store information in order to free memory for other purposes or to act as a safety net to prevent data loss when a program performs certain functions. Choose your unsaved word document and click it. The file should be displayed on the left side of your Microsoft Word window. When you reopen Microsoft Word, in most cases, the program will automatically restore unsaved Word documents. When you forget to save the file, the document recovery task pane will open, listing all the files that were recovered when the program stopped responding. Microsoft Word provides an 'Auto-Restore' tool that helps users retrieve information that was not saved when the program encountered a problem and stopped responding. The file format of auto-recovery is suffixed with ASD. Microsoft Word has an automatic recovery function. If you just delete the document by accident, you can find the word document in the 'Recycle Bin'. Using and managing the recycle bin well and creating a recycle bin full of personalized functions can make our daily document maintenance more convenient.ĭouble-click the 'Recycle Bin' icon or right-click the icon then hit the 'Open' button. Files stored in the recycle bin can be restored. It is mainly used to store documents temporarily deleted by users. The recycle bin is one of the tools in the Microsoft Windows operating system.