4 Common Ways to Bring Back Lost Word Document
1. Recover unsaved Word document
Use Auto Recovery copy after you restart Word or the Mac. This is a way to recover the lost Word documents, up to the point of Word's last automatic save. The steps like this: Enter 'Auto Recovery'→ Locate all the files that start with the words 'Auto Recovery save of' and select the file you want from the list of files→Click on the file and drag it out of the search window, close the Finder Window→Double-click the file to launch and open it in Microsoft Word for Mac → Save it.
It makes sure that the Windows Search service is running, and checks to see whether you have the correct permissions to search all the directories on your computer. Follow the below steps to run the troubleshooter. For Mac users who work with the Pages app for word processing, a simple option to improve cross-platform document readability and compatibility is to save (or export) a Pages file as a Word.doc or.docx file.
2. Recover deleted Word document
Microsoft currently does not provide utilities for recovering Word documents which have been deleted, or emptied from the trash bin, and formatted. However, the Mac bought after Nov, 2007 has a backup utility- Time Machine. It can back up your files every hour. So you can recover your deleted Word document if the backup is available. If you still cannot recover your Word doc with the above methods, you can use some third-party utilities- Mac file rescue software. The software available on the Internet such as uFlysoft Data Recovery can recover deleted, formatted, lost and inaccessible Word doc from Mac, USB drive, external drive and other storage media.
3. Recover corrupted Word document
The method to recover corrupted Word document depends on the type and severity of the corruption and the type of behavior that is exhibited. Although many of these methods succeed regularly, not every corrupted document can be recovered.
For the Word document that can be opened in Word for Mac
If you can open the Word document in Word for Mac, use one of the following methods.
Method 1: Convert the Word document to another Format
Method 2: Copy everything except the last paragraph mark to a new document
Method 3: Copy the undamaged parts of the File to a New File
For the Word doc that cannot be opened in Word for Mac
If you cannot open the file in Word for Mac, use one of the following methods as appropriate.
Method 1: Insert the file into a blank document
Method 2: Use the paste link command to open the document with a Link
Method 3: Open the file by using 'Recover Text from Any File'
Method 4: Open As Copy
More info at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285393
4. Recover Word doc after Microsoft stops responding
After Microsoft Word for Mac stops responding or after you use the Force Quit command to end a Word for Mac session, you may only operate Word document rescue when you restart the program. Additionally, the documents that you recover do not contain the changes or additions that you made in your last Word for Mac session.
If the common method to recover lost files still cannot help you, now you need to get to the information below:
Word for the iPad offers the Layout tab for laying out pages. Go to the Layout tab when you want to change the size, margins, and orientation of the pages in a document. The Layout tab also offers commands for numbering pages and creating headers and footers.
Determining the page margins
Page margins are the empty spaces along the top, bottom, right side, and left side of the page. Margins serve to frame the text on the page. As every college student knows, you can make a term paper longer by widening the margins. Wide margins leave less room for text and push text onto subsequent pages, making the term paper longer and making the student seem a little smarter than he or she really is.
Follow these steps to change page margins:
- Go to the Layout tab.
- Tap the Margins button.
- Choose an option on the drop‐down menu.The Mirrored option is for documents that will be bound and on which text will be printed on both sides of the page. The page margins on the binding side of the page are made wider to accommodate the binding.
Section breaks for layout changes
To lay out pages in different ways in a document, divide the document into sections. For example, to make page margins wider in the first four pages of a document, create a section for the first four pages and apply margin commands to the first section only. Layout commands in Word for the iPad apply to the entire document or, if the document is divided into sections, the section where the cursor is when you give a layout command.
Create a section by inserting a section break where you want the new section to begin. Section breaks occur at the top of pages. Follow these steps to insert a section break and create a new section:
- Place the cursor where you want the new section to start.
- Go to the Layout tab.
- Tap the Breaks button.
- Choose Next Page on the drop‐down menu.
Numbering the pages
It almost goes without saying, but a document more than a few pages long needs page numbers. Unless you number the pages, how can you put your document together again if you drop it on the sidewalk and the wind scatters the pages hither and yon?
Follow these steps to number the pages in a document:
- Go to the Insert tab.
- Tap the Page Numbers button.The Page Numbers drop‐down menu appears.
- Turn on Numbering.
- Choose options to determine how the pages are numbered and what page numbers look like:Your choices are as follows:
- Show # on First Page: Typically, the title page of a report isn’t numbered. Turn this option off to keep a page number from appearing on the first page.
- Position: On the submenu, choose whether to put page numbers on the top or bottom of the page.
- Alignment: On the submenu, choose where in the header or footer you want the page number to appear. The Inside and Outside options are for bound, two‐sided documents in which text is printed on both sides of the page. The Inside option places page numbers next to the binding; the Outside option places page numbers away from the binding.
- Format: On the submenu, choose a format for numbering pages.
To remove page numbers, return to the Page Numbers menu and turn off the Numbering option.
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Creating headers and footers
A header is descriptive text along the top of the page; a footer is descriptive text along the bottom. Headers and footers identify the subject of a document, its author, which page is which, and other essential stuff. (To include page numbers in a header or footer, use the Page Numbers command.)
Follow these steps to enter (or edit) a header or footer on a document:
- On the Insert tab, tap the Header & Footer button.The Header & Footer drop‐down menu appears.
- Choose Edit Header or Edit Footer on the drop‐down menu.The Header pane or Footer pane opens. A fast way to open either pane is to double‐tap the header or footer.
- Enter (or edit) your header or footer.You can call on the formatting commands on the Home tab as you enter the text. For example, you can italicize or boldface text.
- Turn on the Different First Page option if you don’t want your header or footer to appear on the firstpage of your document or section.Typically, headers and footers don’t appear on the title page of reports and white papers.
- Tap the Close button.
To remove a header or footer, open the Header & Footer menu and choose Remove Header or Remove Footer.
The final option on the Header & Footer menu is for two‐sided documents. Choose this option to have a different header or footer on the left and right side of the page spread, the two pages that readers see when they lay a bound document flat on the table.