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Office History
Local recovery history for drafts, lectures, manuscripts, and research paperwork.
Download- System
- macOS 14+
- Input
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint AutoRecover
- Storage
- Local
- Network
- None required
About
Recovery files are useful. They are not a history system.
Office History watches Microsoft Office AutoRecover artifacts and stores changed versions as local snapshots. It is meant for the moment when the current recovery file has moved on, but an older version is the one you need for a proposal, lecture, manuscript, or dataset note.
- Captures Word, Excel, and PowerPoint recovery artifacts when they change.
- Groups Related snapshots into document histories instead of one loose folder.
- Restores Exports a standalone copy or hands a stored recovery file back to the matching Office app.
- Boundary It is local recovery history, not cloud backup, sync, or collaboration software.
Screen
Monitoring status and snapshot history.
The app surface is built around folder access, Office app status, and the document snapshots available for restore.
- WordWatching
- ExcelDetected
- PowerPointDetected
- 09:12Draft recovered
- 09:27Table changed
- 09:41Restore as copy
How
Use a folder you control.
- Create a Word AutoRecover folder, usually
~/Documents/WordAutorecovery. - Point Microsoft Word to that folder and keep AutoRecover enabled.
- Add the same folder in Office History, then confirm the detected Excel and PowerPoint recovery locations.
- Use the history view to preview a snapshot, restore a copy, or recover through the matching Office app.
Support
Support is practical and document-safe.
For troubleshooting, start with folder access, monitoring status, and Office version details. Do not send private documents or raw recovery files unless you have reviewed and redacted them.
- Include macOS version, Office version, Office History version, monitored folder path, and the monitoring status shown in the app.
- Check Folder permission prompts, AutoRecover settings, and whether Office has created a recovery artifact at least once.
- Private Avoid attaching documents, full filenames, or logs to public issues.