Recovering draft versions

You will learn how to recover unsaved versions of documents, allow only certain types of formatting and editing by setting restrictions, apply password protection to documents, and mark documents as final to protect users from editing the final version of a document.

If a user closes a document without saving it, the program stores a version in the temporary files list so that it is recoverable. The user usually has 4 days from the document creation date to restore the version.

Previously saved files—that have been opened and edited, but closed without saving—can be restored as an autosaved draft from the Microsoft Backstage view. These features are particularly useful if a power outage occurs or your system becomes unstable.

Please note, however, that to recover files, you must make sure that you enable the following features in the Microsoft Word environment beforehand.