MS Word document disappears

My wife was working on a couple of MS Word documents. Strangely, one of them disappeared. It hadn't been saved! I tried the Time Machine and it doesn't show on there.
Does anyone have ideas how I can retrieve this document?
Again, that document hadn't been saved yet, but it had plenty of data on it. (I reminded her of the need to backup data frequently!)

Have you tried in another user account? That will help isolate the problem to just your account or system-wide.
Have you tried in Safe Mode? That will help isolate third-party conflicts. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
If the first works, there is something broken (possibly a settings file) in your user folder.
If the second works in your account, then the problem is tied to third-party software that runs at startup or login.

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