Recover Lost Word Document - Version 5.1 As the latest statistics show that 80% of computer user use computer for documentation only like for creating content, letters, applications etc. This is one of the biggest reasons of MS Word popularity because it provides so many features like spell check, word count, border and shading, charts, tables, diagrams, hyperlink etc. If your Word document lost and failed to open it, you may try to repair Word file using third party tool. But, you should try the following method before using any recovery tool.1. Search files and folder option: You can search your document through search option of Start menu. If you want to recover not searchable doc, you have to try another way.2. Recover through backup or temporary files: if you have temporary file of damage document, you can recover your document through temporary word file. If you unrecovered through temporary word file or word file backup not available, you have to employ any recovery tool.