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Missing changes to a document / Maybe unsaved

Hi -- I was working on a microsoft word doc that was saving in my Dropbox desktop app and I think I may have quite Word without saving the document. When I went back to the document (ie opened it again) I noticed that all the work I had done was gone.

Is there anyway to find any of this via some kind of version/edit history or is that NOT a feature on Dropbox (as it is on google docs for example) in that nothing will have been saved and I will have to redo the work?

Thanks.

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Rich

@Sean A.5 wrote:
Is there anyway to find any of this via some kind of version/edit history or is that NOT a feature on Dropbox (as it is on google docs for example) ...

Version History is a feature on Dropbox, IF you had been saving periodically. It can't sync different versions as you're working on a file if you're using the Office desktop applications, unless you save periodically so the Dropbox desktop application can see and sync the changes.

Otherwise, it can only do it live as you're working if you're editing the file in Word for the Web through the Dropbox website (similar to editing in Google Drive).

Sean A.5

Okay, thanks so much Rich!

So it looks like I lost the work most likely as I have a feeling I quit the desktop Microsoft app without saving the document (I had a bunch of documents opened at once and forgot about this one).

A learning for the future 🙂

Rich

@Sean A.5 wrote:
So it looks like I lost the work most likely as I have a feeling I quit the desktop Microsoft app without saving the document ...

Try the recovery option that's built in to Word.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/recover-an-earlier-version-of-a-word-file-439d91d7-fe33-4edf-aa94-4b631c7ac380