Select "Manage Document. " Hit "Recover Unsaved Documents" from the drop-down menu.In Word, select the File Menu, and then select Open. In the Files of type box, select Recover Text from Any File(.). You can recover unsaved files through Temporary Files, AutoRecover Files, Document Recovery, Recycle Bin, and Data Recovery solutions. Convert to word file. Download new word file. I had lost substantial revisions to a paper I am writing, I hadn't saved them when word quit on me. No autorecovery files to be found. If your Word file gets deleted, the first step should be to check the Recycle bin.