Four Ways to Recover Your ‘Lost’ Work in Microsoft Word

There’s little worse than losing an hour or two of hard work, just by clicking on the wrong button or pressing the wrong key in Microsoft Word—a mistake that sees your well-crafted document (or a sizable portion of it) disappear before your eyes.

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)

Sometimes, all you need is the undo command—hit Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Cmd+Z (macOS) to undo your last action in Word. It might be enough to restore that table you…