Probably, you don’t need to say how insulting it is when a user types in the Word, and the program hangs tight at the most inopportune moment, which makes it impossible to save the document. But so much time was spent on its creation ... But let's see how to save the document if the Word is frozen. As it turns out, not everything is so bad, and you can still offer several solutions to restore the application and even an unsaved document. They are quite simple, and any user can master them.
The Word hangs, but the document is not saved: what to do?
Most users in this situation usually begin to use cardinal methods related to closing a text editor. Yes, indeed, this can be done, but only on condition that the operating system is operational. In Windows 10, there is a problem that the application hangs tight, and no means of access to the same “Task Manager” work (neither the interface, nor the mouse, nor the keyboard respond to user actions). There is only one way out - forcing the computer or laptop to turn off again. That is, it turns out that the question of how to save the document if Microsoft Word is frozen, in this case, is unsolvable at all.
But when you re-call the editor, he usually suggests restoring the automatically saved copy at a certain point in time. But here it all depends solely on the autosave settings (indicating the period of time after which it should work constantly). In passing, it is worth noting that this technique is applicable only if the file was initially assigned some name, because by default the program saves only two states: the initial and the last as a copy. So, if you simply created a new file, but did not save it initially, the editor may not offer to restore the saved copy when you restart it.
Presets
Thus, in order to protect yourself from the appearance of such situations, it is previously recommended to make such settings.
In most recent versions of a text editor, you can find them through the file menu with a choice of parameter string. On the left in the menu that appears, there is a save section, after entering which you need to set the desired interval on the right (the smaller the better). For example, if you set one minute as a parameter, you can be absolutely sure that the main document will not be lost when the program freezes. It is unlikely that even with the fastest typing, someone will have time to enter too much text.
Microsoft Word freezes: how to save a document by restoring the editor?
Now let's move on to a few extraordinary methods. So, the "Word" is frozen. How to save a document? So far it’s not about conservation. First of all, you should try to reanimate the editor in order to save after the restoration of its working capacity. Again, this applies only to those cases when the system responds to user actions.
In this case, you need to call the "Task Manager" using the standard 3-button combination or the taskmgr command in the "Run" menu, go to the performance tab and press the F5 key. Then, through the Alt + Tab combination, you need to switch to the editor and after a while (when its functionality is restored), you can save the desired file.
Screenshot Technique
One more technique can be suggested if the Word is frozen. How to save a document? To do this, you can use the creation of a screenshot of the screen. The disadvantage of this solution is that when you create a picture in the editor, not all the text will be displayed, but only the one that is currently visible on the screen. But it may very well be that just with this fragment it will be possible to supplement the autosaved file when the application is restarted.
As a rule, a screenshot is created by pressing the Print Screen key in combination with other buttons like Win, Fn, Alt, Shift, etc. In different computer devices, they may differ. Now the fragment placed on the clipboard needs to be saved. For this, any simple graphic editor (for example, the same Paint), in which you need to use the image insert and then save the file in any accessible format, is suitable.
Convert Graphics to Text
But back to the situation when the Word is frozen. How to save a document in a graphic format, sorted out. But it does not make sense to insert a graphic object into an autosaved file, since in most cases editing the text may be required . What to do in such a situation?
One of the main solutions, many experts call the use of special text recognition programs like ABBYY FineReader. In the application, you just need to scan an image file with the choice of converting graphics to Word text. In this case, there should be no recognition problems, since you do not need to scan printed text on paper, electronic copies are recognized instantly, and the appearance of possible errors in the source text is eliminated by almost one hundred percent.
Brief summary
That, in fact, is all that relates to situations when the Word is frozen. How to save the document, it seems, is also clear. But which of the proposed methods can be used as a universal solution? If you do not take into account the installation of the necessary autosave options, for a start it is recommended to try to reanimate the editor through the "Task Manager". But if this does not help, you will have to take a screenshot and convert the graphics to text.
But, alas, in the case of Windows 10, when not only the main program freezes, but the whole system, none of the above methods will work. One can only hope that after the system reboot, the Word will propose to restore the document to a state at some temporary point. And do not forget to pre-set the minimum interval for saving current copies. It is possible that most of the typed material will remain, and “get” will have the very minimum of the lost text.