The question about MS Word not recalling your previous progress is addressed here.
The question about MS Word not recalling your previous progress is addressed here.
Hi,
I’m a bit embarrassed about not being familiar with the term (autorecover I think), so please give it a chance.
First, I own a one-time paid version of Office 2016 and it meets my needs perfectly. I don’t feel the need to pay for the 365 subscription every month or year since I can get a single payment now. It also works on Windows 11 if that’s important to you.
Recently, my existing documents don’t seem to remember where I left off. When I close and reopen a file, a little indicator appears at the scroll bar showing how many hours or days ago I was last working there. Clicking it takes me back to the page I last edited.
Fortunately, all my changes are saved, but it’s really annoying when long documents don’t remember exactly where you were before opening them. Sometimes it does show my last progress, but most of the time it doesn’t.
It doesn’t matter whether I save manually or let the program handle it—I always end up back on page 1 instead of the one I was working on.
I searched online for possible solutions and found that the recommended steps are to go to File-Options-Save and then select autorecover. It’s marked as ticked, and even if I enter it, it still doesn’t solve my problem.
I hope my explanation made sense and I understand why this is happening. It’s frustrating when you’re working on long documents and can’t recall your progress easily because Word no longer shows it.
Are the system time and date always accurate?
Does pressing SHIFT plus 5 navigate you to the most recent edit?
Reference: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/word-tips/p...eft-off/1/
Remember to save before closing again.
FYI:
https://www.datanumen.com/blogs/3-ways-g...-document/
I have not, full disclosure, collaborated with or evaluated the suggested "go to" options.
Still, I recommend trying these three methods on a test document.
Check if any of them satisfy your needs.
If not, further research or searching will be required.
Other ideas might also emerge in the meantime.