Hello Peggy,
Word doesn¹t Autosave ‹ only Autorecover if there¹s a power failure etc.
Seasoned users get into the habit of keying Command-s whenever they pause to
think. On the first such save, Word will ask you where you want to save, and
from then on further saves will be in that place.
If you didn¹t do that, you would have been asked if you wanted to save the
document when you quit Word or closed the document.
It is advantageous to tick ³Always make backup² when doing so.
You don¹t mention your operating system. If it¹s 10.4 or 10.5, get Spotlight
to find the document. If you don¹t recall the name you gave it, try searching
for the first few words in it.
I work on documents for hours on end. I always back up when I get to the point
that I¹d slash my wrists if I were to lose it. For me, that¹s about
half-hourly. I back up to a memory stick, often formatted with Martian
Lifeboat () so it¹s almost automatic.
I¹ll keep my fingers crossed for you.
PS: It¹s Mac, not Mac (which stands for something else).
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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