Excel Tutorial: File recovery. Microsoft Office Autosave to the rescue | ExcelCentral.com

Comprehensive guide teaching how to recover a Deleted, Unsaved or Lost Excel file using the (little known) Versions feature. Excel's Versions feature is so hidden away that many users don't even know it is there but it is a real life-saver when you lose an important file.

This tutorial also covers the (more widely known) Microsoft Office AutoRecover and AutoSave features. You'll learn how to set the Auto Save interval (AutoSave automatically saves your workbook in the background at the interval you set).

Amazingly, you can recover an Excel workbook even if you have never saved it, if your computer crashes or there is a power cut.

This lesson comes from the Basic Skills session (Session 1 in our YouTube Excel Essential Skills free video training course).