Step 1: Locate the Word autorecover file location. In Office 2010, click on File| Options to bring up the Word Options dialog box. (In Office 2007, click on the Office Orb, then Options.) In the left-hand column, select Save. In the Save options section, highlight the path in the Autorecover file location box and press CTRL+C to copy the path. Home > Office for Mac > How can I open a mac word AutoRecovery file? I have been working a MAC word file and have saved it several times with Command+S. When I wanted to do that again Word closed down.
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I have followed the following suggestion but it says 'The folder can't be found'. The path that was suggested is: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Office 2011 AutoRecovery Can someone please help? I am desperate. As the /Users/username/Library folder is a hidden folder since OS X 10.7 and not by default searched by Spotlight it's incredibly stupid that this folder is auto-suggested when saving a recovered file. Also since there IS a folder with the same name under Documents/Microsoft userdata/ that is empty this was hard to find! To go to this folder, open Finder and in the menu click Go » Go to Folder or press ⇧⌘G.
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Then, paste the path from above.