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I regularly talk about backup on this site and on the radio show.  One part of backup that you might have overlooked is the process of saving the work that is currently on your screen. Whether it be an email, a word processing document, a movie, a photo or any other file you are editing, saving as you work always pays off.

The process is simple, the habit takes perseverance.

Save and name your project as soon as you begin them. By doing this, you can simply click the SAVE button (looks like little floppy disk on the toolbar) or push Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut every five minutes or so that you don’t lose your work.

Since you already named the document/project, using the save feature is quick and easy as your work on it. I guarantee at some point in your computing life time, you will thank me for this tip…or curse yourself for not putting it into action.

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