Working in WORD 2010, I spontaneou​sly lose the document. Cannot recover it is gone.

While working on a word document, it will just disappear with WORD still open but nothing but a cursor at the top left of the page.  The document has been saved but it is as if it was just re-saved to a blank page.

You may try the methods suggested in this document:
How to recover a lost Word document
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316951
Best regards,
Bill5Y
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.

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