Nice one George That's done the trick. My heart can return from the back of my throat now to its rightful place. Thank you so much. Phew. Johny ----- Original Message ----- From: George Bell To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 6:26 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Word Help Hi Johny, You don't say which version of Word you have, but the following is NOT for Word 2007. It's a long shot, but just possible the temporary file created when Word is running may still be there. You will however need to ensure that your system is set up to view Hidden Files. Then in Word, go to File, Open, navigate to the folder your lost file was in, and look for a file or files beginning with ~$ - That's a tilde followed by a dollar sign. For example, of your original file was called "johny", the temporary file will likely be called ~$hny". Try opening that. George. From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Johny Cassidy Sent: 16 March 2008 16:18 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Word Help Hi I need help quick. I've managed to lose a file I was working on when we had a small power cut earlier. I made the document in word, and I believe there's a way to recover lost stuff. Someone please come to the rescue. I'm desperate. Cheers Johny