Get the hell over it. turn your computer back on. go back into the program and it will have a recent memory of most of the stuff you did

If you've ever written a paper before, you should know to either turn on autosave or use the magical Ctrl+S combo ever couple of minutes.

you are a dumbfuck

I've got no sympathy for you. You don't write an entire paper, or article without saving one. You're a moron for doing that, and then not promptly making a save file. Why do you think the first thing you are taught when using a word processing software is to create a save file? You can also set the stuff up to save every few minutes. It's not the dogs fault, it's yours for being ill-prepared.

That cant be right. If you're using a word processor, those usually automatically save to the last available copy after forced shutdown. Unless its something like Word 98 or something.

That wouldn't happen on a Mac. It just goes to sleep. I agree, though, that does suck, but why didn't you save along the way? It's your last grade! You should know by now to save along the way, but yeah I know exactly how you feel. On my final paper for a class, the power went out… My paper lost a ton of progress. Needless to say, I was pretty pissed.

Did any of you guys think that maybe the dog turned the computer off by hitting the power button on the surge protector? If that were so, there would not be time for the computer to do anything such as backup or auto-save.

#210 - if that were the case, the program still should have reverted back to an autosave point some time in the recent past. Most programs don't have to be set to autosave, either. So the fact that this person wants us to believe he or she lost an entire paper because of his dog, lacks a bit of credibility.

First rule of doing ANYTHING on a computer: Save early, save often. Also, what the hell kind of computer do you have anyway? I don't think I've ever seen any computer that won't shut off unless you hold down the power button for a few seconds - something which seems incredibly unlikely to happen just from your dog scratching himself.

What kinda computer has a kill switch? I have to hold mine for 10 seconds to do a manual shutdown. If I just try to shut down normally there are several steps required and all my programs prompt me to save.... Then again...it's an Macbook Pro.