Windows 10: Timed 'open' status on Word documents

Hello all,


Often I get up from my work desk to have a coffee, or lunch etc and I forget to close the word document I'm amending or creating. This is bad, but it happens. OK, I could make the desktop hibernate after a few minutes, but that's inconvenient. All I really need to do is have the work document automatically save and close after a few minutes. That's all. Nothing else; easy peasy. If it's password protected it will need that to reopen, and that's fine.


When I return to the desk and kick myself for leaving the computer open (after being distracted by a manager telling me something important in the corridor) at least I know the document itself has closed. OK, a baddie could sit down, find it, and reopen it but at least there's some protection. So ... is there any way to make word documents themselves do this? That would be really nice. Surely it would be a really simple facility to provide anyway; a timer in the guts of that particular Word document, and even available as a global change to the Word application.


I've indicated the spots to put the facility at (see attachments).


Yes, I know I could probably do it with a macro. But I'm not that good at computer stuff and a simple box to tick would be ideal.


Thanks.


PS. Hopefully the screenshots come through!

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To further assist you with your concern about re-enabling files that were removed from the Recent Documents List in Word, we suggest to follow this steps:

• Click the FILE tab in the program.
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• When you open Word, or select the Open option in the program, there are no documents in your Recent Documents list.
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Thank you for replying. The first line of my post did say

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  "I need to open a Word Document on a government website to complete a form."

 

Cannot open Word document sharepoint 2010

Hello Joseph,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the issue description you are unable to open Word document using SharePoint 2010 from Internet Explorer. If the issue is with Word only then you may try the steps provided below and see if it helps.

• Open a blank word document.
• Click on File on the top left corner.
• Click on options.
• Click on Trust center.
• On the right side, click on Trust center settings.
• From the left drop down list, click on protected view
  and uncheck all the selected options on the right side. For more clarification you may refer to the screen shot provided below.

• Click on OK.
• Now try to open Word document and see if it helps.

Do get back to us with the status of the issue. If you need further assistance with Windows, we'll be glad to help you further.

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