So the other day I’m working on a story… I’m 2500 words in and… get butter fingers. (I blame the claws I’m growing, but that’s another story.)

Instead of hitting "YES! OMG! SAVE IT! YES!!", I hit "Cancel", thinking I’ve told it to close by accident. Usually "Cancel" keeps the document open and well…

It didn’t.

It logged me out.

[Insert horrific scream]

I lost all of it, because I’m an idiot. I hadn’t saved any of it.

Word does not have an "Autosave" option — at least not the way most people think. It’ll autosave all right — in case the app crashes. Not to save your work if you accidentally close the darn thing.

That kinda annoyed me, because I know this. I know and I did it anyway.

Argh.

So if you are a dunce like me, do yourself a favor and head to Graham Mayor’s website. Not only is he on the MVP Team at Microsoft and has a lot of useful info on his site, he also has a download for a Word Save Reminder.
Check out his downloads page for other goodies, too. There’s a lot of handy stuff there. (And if it saves you from going bald… consider making a donation. I’m sure he’ll appreciate it!)

Seriously. Get the darn thing. Install it and SAVE your stuff.

You can thank me later.