Office 2004 - lost data, can I get it back?

[fleurya]

I had some notes typed into Word 2004 and hadn't saved them yet. I closed the lid on my MBP and when I opened it up, the screen was blank, but it was running. I tried everything to get the screen back, but nothing worked. I had to force it down and restart.

In Office for Windows it will auto-save your info periodically and if such a thing happens, your info will be pulled up when you run the program again. I suppose this isn't the case with Office for Mac since nothing showed up when I opened the app again.

I find it hard to believe such a useful backup would be left out of the Mac version. Is there some way to get it I'm not aware of?

 

[technologist]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892956

(Hey! I posted a Microsoft KB article!)

 

[fleurya]

Wow, great post, but the file I lost wasn't there. Thanks anyway.

 

[munna]

This may sound kind of demeaning, but usually when you lose data there's a folder called 'recovered files' in the trash. If that has been emptied I don't think you can reopen from your last progress, sorry to say.