Before writing the long article

The suggested backup strategy if you are using MS Word.

Backup strategy

Backup to different location:

• auto-backup solution:
  • Dropbox - How do I recover old versions of files?[Last visited: 2014-06-09]
  • enable the time machine for macOS + external hard drive
• device: USB disk and
• service: the large Gmail Email Service or Google Docs space.
• your friends: Send each revision to your good friends.

To avoid the word file corrupted

Save each revision to another file (the file naming rule ex: file_name_date.doc each day)! The larger file size and the more possible the file corrupted.

• Troubleshooting: Word無法讀取此文件，此文件可能已損害。 (Word2003, 2002/XP)

Modify the options of file saving

• Enable the option of "Fast Save/快速儲存": Tools menu -> Options -> Save -> Allow fast saves (Word2003, 2002/XP) Cited from How to enable the Fast Saves feature in Word 2003
• Faster the "AutoRecover Save duration/儲存自動回復資訊時間間隔": (howto: WD97: Why You Are Unable to Recover a Lost Document)
  • Troubleshooting: How to recover a lost file in Word 2007 or in Word 2003

To avoid the word file using too much CPU resource

• The reviewing symbol always take many CPU resource. Save each revision to another file or decrease the amount of the reviewing symbols!

Reference

further reading

• Topics: Reducing Word's CPU Load
• (word技巧) 寫論文必讀的16個 WORD 技巧 - 硬是要學！網路資源學習站 2009-01