Autorecover a Document

After completing this topic, you will be able to use Autorecover to recover unsaved documents.

Steps:

1. You have opened a topic and added text to an Explanation frame. However, you have not saved the changes.

   Step 1

2. You have also opened the existing Printer Locations web page and updated some information.

   Step 2

3. In addition, you started a new, unsaved web page, but have not added content to it.

   Step 3

4. While you were working in the Developer, your system crashed and you had to reboot your computer.

   Step 4

5. Restart the Developer.

    

   Click the Start button in the taskbar.

   Step 5

6. Point to the All Programs command.

   Step 6

7. Click the User Productivity Kit Client command.

   Step 7

8. Click the Developer Client command.

   Step 8

9. The Developer recovered three documents. You can open or discard all recovered documents.

    

   Click the Open All button to open all of the recovered documents.

   Step 9

10. The (Recovered) text in the tabs indicate that these are the recovered versions of the documents.

    Step 10

11. View the Explanation frame that you did not have a chance to save for the Changing the Page Setup topic.

     

    Click the X frame.

    Step 11

12. The recovered version of the document includes the Explanation frame and the text. Save the recovered document.

     

    Note: Saving the document automatically overwrites your previous version. Use Save As and give the document another name if you want to retain your original version.

     

    Click the Save button.

    Step 12

13. The recovered document automatically replaces the original document and the text (Recovered) is removed from the document tab.

    Step 13

14. Close the Changing the Page Setup topic.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 14

15. The recovered, unsaved web page does not contain any content. Close the web page without saving it.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 15

16. Do not save the document.

     

    Click the No button.

    Step 16

17. The final recovered, unsaved web page does contain content that you want to save but you want to save it with a new name.

    Step 17

18. Click the File menu.

    Step 18

19. Click the Save As command.

    Step 19

20. We have entered the web page name for you. Save the web page with the new name to the selected folder.

     

    Click the Save button.

    Step 20

After completing this topic, you are able to use Autorecover to recover unsaved documents.

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