Automatically backup Word documents
	Contrary to popular opinion, Word has no integral means of automatically saving the current document, nor of backing-up the current document. What it does have is an option to save AutoRecover information after a specific and configurable interval and an option to save a backup copy of the previously saved version of the document with the default file extension of WBK (and although there is no reason to do so, Word also allows the option to change this extension to the user's choice). This is not a true backup in as much as it is not a copy of the current version of the document. AutoRecover provides the basis to recover a document (or part of it) in the event of a system crash, but is somewhat hit or miss and should not be relied upon to save your bacon.
To recover, when you open word the recovered file should automatically be available, however if you don't see it, you can manually recover the file by going to where it is saved.  To see where your Microsoft Word saves the files, go to "toos" and "options" again, then "File Locations" tab.  See below.