Recover unsaved documents — AI Prompts for Microsoft Word

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Execute — do the immediate task

I closed my laptop without saving a draft of the client memo and need that text back. Search the…

I closed my laptop without saving a draft of the client memo and need that text back. Search the recent document recovery and temporary files, restore the latest auto-recovery version, confirm it opens with the original headings and footers intact, and save a named copy to the Contracts folder with today’s date. Then tell me what was lost, if anything, before I send it to Priya at 4pm.

Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I tell the partner we recovered the memo, make it easy for her to spot missing paragraphs…

Before I tell the partner we recovered the memo, make it easy for her to spot missing paragraphs and edits. Open the auto-recovered file, pull the recovered text beside the last saved version, highlight any gaps or formatting shifts, flag anything that looks like truncated sentences or missing exhibits, and produce a one-paragraph note I can paste into the email explaining what to check.

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