您花了几个小时编写文档，然后突然之间，您的 PC 崩溃了。千言万语，千辛万苦：转眼就过去了。不幸的是，当您编写或编辑 Microsoft Word 文档(editing a Microsoft Word document)时，这种情况完全可能发生，尤其是在您尚未保存文件的情况下。
值得庆幸的是，就像Google Docs一样，Word可以并且会自动保存您的文档，即使您自己没有保存它。Word还将尝试帮助您恢复对文件的更改或恢复损坏的文档。如果您正在苦苦挣扎，您可以按照以下步骤在完全丢失Word文档之前恢复它。
使用 Word 的文档恢复功能(Using Word’s Document Recovery Features)
如果Word在未保存文档的情况下崩溃，请不要惊慌！如果您使用的是最新版本的Microsoft Word，您可能会走运，因为Word的内置自动恢复功能可能会自动保存您的进度。
此功能意味着，在许多情况下，您可以将崩溃的Word文档恢复到最后一个自动保存点（通常每 10 分钟一次）。虽然它不适用于每个文档，但它可以帮助您在Word被迫关闭时恢复文件。
- 要恢复Word文档，请在Word崩溃后打开它并创建一个新文档。如果自动恢复文件可用，Word将在左侧的“文档恢复”(Document Recovery)侧菜单中显示它们，向您显示文件的创建时间并要求您恢复它们。
- 如果要恢复其中一个文档，请在“文档恢复”(Document Recovery)侧面菜单中单击它。这将在一个新的Word窗口中打开它，然后您可以在其中按File > Save As正确保存它。
- 您还可以通过单击File > Info > Manage Document，然后从下拉菜单中选择恢复未保存(Recover Unsaved Documents)的文档来检查自动保存的Word文档。(Word)
- 在“打开(Open)”框中，您将能够看到一个隐藏的Word文件夹，其中包含自动保存的文档（以ASD文件格式保存）。从列表中选择其中之一，然后单击“(Select one)打开(Open)”将其打开。
- Word打开恢复的文件后，通过单击File > Save As, 手动保存它，或在功能区栏下方显示的“恢复的未保存的文件(Recovered Unsaved File)”面板中按“保存(Save)”按钮。这将允许您以标准Word DOCX文件格式保存内容。
手动搜索 Word 备份文件(Searching For Word Backup Files Manually)
Word将自动定位任何自动恢复文件，但这仅在您尝试在正常情况下恢复Word文档时才有效。例如，您可能正在尝试从故障 PC 上的文件夹中恢复文档。
在这种情况下，您可能需要搜索Word备份文件并手动恢复它们。Word通常将自动保存文档放置在一个隐藏的临时文件夹(hidden, temporary folder)中，您可以在Word之外访问该文件夹。然后可以正常在Word中打开此处的自动恢复ASD文件。
- 为此，请打开Windows 文件资源管理器(Windows File Explorer)。Word自动恢复文件通常保存在C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles文件夹中（将用户名(username)替换为您自己的帐户用户名）。如果此处没有文件，请尝试使用C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\文件夹（替换username）。
- 然后，您可以移动或打开此处找到的任何自动保存文档文件。虽然ASD文件不是标准文档文件，但Word打开它们应该没有问题。您可能需要从您(Word)要如何打开此文件？(How do you want to open this file? )但是，如果您尝试双击ASD文件，则会出现该窗口。
- 打开文件后，按File > Save As将文件保存为标准DOCX文件。
更改 Word 自动恢复保存的频率(Changing The Frequency Of Word Auto Recovery Saves)
默认情况下，Word应该每 10 分钟自动保存一份文档的副本。您可以自己更改此设置以增加这些自动保存的频率，但这会对更大文档的性能产生影响。
- 为此，请打开 Word 并按文件 File > Options
- 在Word 选项(Word Options)框中，单击保存(Save )选项卡。您可以通过更改Save AutoRecovery information every x minutes数字来更改自动保存频率，将x数设置为更低（或更高）的数字。默认情况下，设置为10分钟。
随着您的自动恢复设置更新，Word应该开始自动保存您正在更频繁地编辑的文档。然后，您可以使用上面显示的方法将Word文档恢复为标准。
恢复损坏的 Word 文档(Recovering a Corrupted Word Document)
自动恢复非常适合恢复您在无法直接保存的Word文档上取得的进度。但是，如果要恢复之前保存的损坏的 Word 文档，则需要执行不同的步骤。
- 首先打开 Word 并单击File > Open > Browse。在打开(Open)框中，找到损坏的Word文档文件。但是，不要像往常一样按“打开”，而是按“(Open)打开(Open)”按钮旁边的箭头，然后选择“打开并修复(Open and repair)” 。
- 如果文件是可修复的，Word将尝试这样做，允许您恢复您的文档。但是，如果无法修复它，您可以尝试通过从任何文件中恢复文本作为文件类型，在(Recover Text from Any File)文件名(File name)选项旁边，然后单击作为标准打开来从文档文件中提取文本。(Open)
这些步骤并非万无一失，但如果Word文档已损坏，您可以使用它们来修复它或将内容提取到新文档中。
使用 OneDrive 进行文档存储(Using OneDrive For Document Storage)
但是，如果这些步骤不起作用，您可能需要做好准备，因为您的进度已丢失并且您的文件无法恢复。虽然它无法修复，但您可以将 OneDrive(use OneDrive)用作任何未来文档的保存位置，以帮助降低此风险。
使用OneDrive并不能保证未来的Word文档不会或不会损坏。但是，如果本地文件丢失或损坏，它可能会帮助您恢复Word文档，尤其是当您的 PC 出现故障并且您被迫重新安装 Windows(reinstall Windows)时 。
如果硬盘出现故障(hard drive fails)，您可以改为从 OneDrive 云存储快速加载Word文件，从而节省您的时间。
在 Microsoft Word 中规划和创建更好的文档(Planning And Creating Better Documents In Microsoft Word)
了解如何恢复Word文档可以帮助您节省数小时的时间，但最好的修复是您在开始工作之前实施的修复。将文件保存到OneDrive（或使用 Word Online(using Word Online)）将有助于确保您的Word文件在您对其进行更改时是安全的，从而在您的 PC 出现故障时更容易恢复。
如果您已更新到较新版本的Word，则可能需要将您的 Word 文档转换(convert your Word documents)为较新的文档格式，例如DOCX。DOCX文件更小，格式更好，并针对最新的Word版本进行了优化，从而降低了(Word)Word崩溃的可能性，尤其是对于较大的文档。
How To Recover a Word Document
You spent hours writing a document and then, all оf a sudden, your PC crashes. Thousands of words, hours of effort: gone in an inѕtant. Unfortunately, this is an entirely possiblе scenario that cаn sometimes occur when you’re writing or editing a Microsoft Word document, especially if you haven’t saved your file.
Thankfully, like Google Docs, Word can and will autosave your documents, even if you haven’t saved it yourself. Word will also try to help you recover changes to a file or recover corrupted documents. If you’re struggling, here are some of the steps you can follow to recover a Word document before you lose it entirely.
Using Word’s Document Recovery Features
If Word crashes without saving your document, don’t panic! If you’re using a recent release of Microsoft Word, you may be in luck, as Word’s built-in auto recovery features may have saved your progress automatically.
This feature means that you can, in many cases, recover a crashed Word document up to the last autosave point (usually every 10 minutes). While it won’t work for every document, it could help you to recover files when Word is forced to close.
- To recover a Word document, open Word after it crashes and create a new document. If autorecovery files are available, Word will display them in the Document Recovery side menu on the left, showing you when the file was created and asking you to recover them.
- If you want to recover one of these documents, click it in the Document Recovery side menu. This will open it in a new Word window, where you’ll then be able to save it properly afterwards by pressing File > Save As.
- You can also check for autosaved Word documents by clicking File > Info > Manage Document, then selecting Recover Unsaved Documents from the drop-down menu.
- In the Open box, you’ll be able to see a hidden Word folder that contains autosaved documents (saved in the ASD file format). Select one of these from the list, then click Open to open it.
- Once Word has opened your recovered file, save it manually by clicking File > Save As, or by pressing the Save button in the Recovered Unsaved File panel that appears below the ribbon bar. This will allow you to save the contents in the standard Word DOCX file format.
Searching For Word Backup Files Manually
Word will automatically locate any auto-recovery files, but this only works if you’re trying to recover Word documents under normal conditions. You may, for instance, be trying to recover documents from a folder on a failed PC.
In this situation, you may need to search for Word backup files and recover them manually. Word usually places autosave documents in a hidden, temporary folder, which you can access outside of Word. The auto-recovery ASD files here can then be opened in Word as normal.
- To do this, open Windows File Explorer. Word autorecovery files are typically saved in the C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles folder (replacing username with your own account username). If there are no files here, try the C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\ folder (replacing username) instead.
- You can then move or open any of the autosave document files found here. While ASD files aren’t standard document files, Word should have no problem opening them. You may need to select Word from the How do you want to open this file? window that appears if you try to double-click an ASD file, however.
- Once the files are opened, press File > Save As to save the file as a standard DOCX file.
Changing The Frequency Of Word Auto Recovery Saves
By default, Word should automatically save a copy of a document every 10 minutes. You can change this setting yourself to increase the frequency of these autosaves, but this will have an impact on performance for much larger documents.
- To do this, open Word and press File > Options.
- In the Word Options box, click the Save tab. You can change the autosave frequency by changing the Save AutoRecovery information every x minutes figure, setting the x number to a lower (or higher) number. By default, this is set at 10 minutes.
With your autorecovery settings updated, Word should start to automatically save documents you’re editing more often. You can then recover a Word document as standard using the methods shown above.
Recovering a Corrupted Word Document
Auto-recovery is great for recovering progress you’ve made on Word documents that you weren’t able to save directly. If you want to recover a corrupted Word document that you’ve previously saved, however, you’ll need to follow different steps.
- Start by opening Word and clicking File > Open > Browse. In the Open box, locate your corrupted Word document file. Rather than pressing Open as normal, however, press the arrow next to the Open button, then select Open and repair instead.
- If the file is repairable, Word will attempt to do so, allowing you to recover your document. If it can’t be repaired, however, you can attempt to extract text from a document file by Recover Text from Any File as the file type, next to the File name option, then clicking Open as standard.
These steps aren’t foolproof, but if a Word document has become corrupted, you may be able to use them to repair it or extract the contents into a new document.
Using OneDrive For Document Storage
If these steps don’t work, however, you may need to brace yourself for the fact that your progress has lost and your file isn’t recoverable. While it isn’t a fix, you could use OneDrive as a save location for any future documents to help reduce this risk.
Using OneDrive doesn’t provide a guarantee that future Word documents won’t or can’t become corrupted. It may help you recover Word documents if the local file is lost or damaged, however, especially if your PC fails and you’re forced to reinstall Windows.
If a hard drive fails, you can quickly load up Word files from your OneDrive cloud storage instead, saving you time.
Planning And Creating Better Documents In Microsoft Word
Knowing how to recover a Word document can help you save hours of your time, but the best fixes are the ones you put in place before you start working. Saving a file to OneDrive (or using Word Online) will help to make sure that your Word files are safe as you make changes to it, making it much easier to recover if your PC fails.
If you’ve updated to a newer version of Word, you may need to convert your Word documents to a newer document format like DOCX. DOCX files are smaller, better formatted and optimized for the latest Word releases, making it much less likely that Word will crash, especially for larger documents.
