Wow, and just like that your computer turned off? I thought you usually had to hold down the button for a couple of seconds. That sucks but you deserved it. I'm sure you've heard this same story numerous times. Maybe you should save every once in a while next time.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I hate that so much! I feel your pain. D:

You should've been saving as you went along. But still, sucks for you.

YDI for not saving. But FYL cause that sucks. @#44: When I hit my computer's power button it restarts. So does my mom's laptop and my aunt's computer.

lmfao #6. but yeah, save every two seconds! and its weird that your auto-save didn't kick in. :l

This has to be fake. Did u not see your dog doing that? Seriously, the FMLs nowadays suck my left tit.

If you're on a Mac and not using Word for Mac, download SaveCircle. It's freeware (you can find it on freemacware.com) and you can set it to auto-save your documents in any programme so shit like this doesn't happen.

Did anyone consider the fact that the computer was probably hooked up to a power strip and the dog turned the power strip off? no need to to poke and hold the "off" button and no warning.

YDI it's just common sense to save like every 5 to 10 mins. Especially when you have the power cord/bar in reach of young children, angry parents, or pets.

The paper can't have been that big, or you would have saved at least some of it. Even the n00biest person knows to save occasionally, and if it really was a huge paper you would have probably written it over a day or two rather than in one go, and so saved when you turned off the computer to sleep. So I can only assume you lost half a page of introduction, or your 'huge paper' was in reality only 3 or 4 pages long.