So this is really applicable in several Office programs, but let's say I am working on several documents, and Word/Excel/Powerpoint crashes. I reopen the program, and there on the left is a link to "Recovered Files".

However, once I open up one of these files and close the recovery pane, it's gone again until I completely shut down the program and re-open.

Is there a way for me to call up the "Recovered Files" pane on demand? I feel like I've searched pretty thoroughly, and I can't believe that nobody at Microsoft ever thought to build in this basic functionality.



Btw, I'm talking about Word 2013/2016 - I don't remember what "recovered files" looked like in earlier versions.