Enabling the AutoSave and AutoRecover features

The AutoSave and AutoRecover tools within Word 2019 can be of great value when unforeseen computer crashes happen while you are working on documents. Steps to set up both these tools are explained here:

1. Select the File tab.
2. Select Options from the list provided.
3. Click on the Save category to display the applicable information.
4. Enable Save AutoRecover information every 2 minutes (you can change the time according to your usage) and Keep the last AutoRecovered version if I close without saving so that files can be recovered.
5. Click the Browse… button to choose a folder on the hard drive, which will become the AutoRecover file location, or leave the default folder as-is.

Refer to the following screenshot to view the preceding information:

6. Click on OK to commit the changes.