Power failure and lost Pages file

Power on my laptop suddenly went off and I had not saved a copy of a new Pages file I was working on. It does not appear in recent files or anywhere when I restarted and opened Pages. Are temp files stored anywhere that I might look to recover the work I've done?

Mark,
No, unfortunately.
You can set Pages to save a copy of any +previous version+ in your Preferences, however this wouldn't help in this case.
Download (free):
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/29454/eversave
To autosave everything you wish in your Mac.
Best is to use cmd S regularly as you work, then you choose at what point it is saved.
Peter

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