A slip of the fingers isn't the only way you can potentially lose work, either. Maybe you just have the misfortune to be busy at your computer when a power outage happens—taking your desktop, Microsoft Word, and your unsaved work along with it.
However, before you begin all over again, there are some tricks you can try to bring your work back.
Use Undo (Ctrl+Z or Cmd+Z)
Word keeps an undo history. Credit: LifehackerThis won't save you from a power outage, and it doesn't include all actions (it won't bring back a file you've closed, for example). However, it'll work a lot of the time when you've made a mistake, and Word always keeps a record of your last 100 actions in the app, so you can go back a fair way.
There's also an undo button up in the top left corner of the Word interface: Click on this to undo the last action, or click the arrow next to it to see a list of previous actions and choose where you want to go back to. To the right of the undo button is the redo button, which works the same way but in the opposite direction.
Open previous file versions
Accessing previous versions in Word. Credit: LifehackerIn Word for Windows, you can find these older incarnations of your document by heading to File > Info > Version History. If you're using Word on macOS, it's File > Browse Version History. A new sidebar opens on the right, showing all the available previous versions, and the date and time they were saved.
There is a caveat to this, though, which is you have to have your document saved in the cloud (in OneDrive) for this to work. If you're working with a local file that's only saved on your computer and you try and access version history, you'll be prompted to save it to OneDrive instead (which will turn on version history).
Find unsaved documents on your system
Unsaved documents are sometimes still available. Credit: LifehackerInfo > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents.
Options > Save (Windows) or Word > Preferences > Save (macOS). The default is every 10 minutes, but you can adjust this if needed.
If you're still not seeing your file, you can try checking the temporary cache folder manually. On Windows, check "C:Users\AppDataRoamingMicrosoftWord" or "C:Users\AppDataLocalMicrosoftOfficeUnsavedFiles." On macOS try "/Users//Library/Containers/com.Microsoft/Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery"—adding in your own username where relevant.
Save your work to the cloud
OneDrive gives you various extra options—including AutoSave. Credit: LifehackerThis is exactly what it sounds like, and means that every time something is changed in your document, it quickly syncs to the cloud. You'll see the AutoSave button in the top left hand corner enabled when it's active, and the document name at the top of the app window will indicate when saves are in progress.
Options > Save on Windows) or Word > Preferences > Save on macOS.
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