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Cannot find "saved" document editted from an email attachment
I opened a word (97-2003, ".doc") document from gmail.com last night and
began editting it. I keep saving the document and clicking ctrl+s periodically. At the end of the night, I closed the document to be able to resend it to myself via email. I had no idea that it wasn't saved on the desktop. I have search every single temp file and temporary internet folder on my C drive and cannot find the "saved" document ANYWHERE. I am panicing because it is a graduate school application, that's due today. Where can I find this document? In addition, there is a chance I found the document but whatever it is is is saved as a ".dat" file. I have Windows 2007 and have tried microsoft word, notepad, word processor, adobe pdf, etc. to try to open it but when I do it looks like computer code. If this is the document how do I get it to show up like a regular word document? PLEASE HELP! Thank you |
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Answer: Cannot find "saved" document editted from an email attachment
I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble finding your edited document. It sounds like you may have accidentally saved it in a different location or with a different file name. Here are some steps you can take to try and locate the document:
Regarding the ".dat" file you found, it's possible that it is the edited document but the file extension was changed. Try renaming the file with a ".doc" extension and see if you can open it in Word. If that doesn't work, you can try opening the file in a text editor like Notepad to see if you can find any recognizable text. If you do find text, you can copy and paste it into a new Word document and format it as needed. I hope these tips help you locate your edited document. Good luck with your graduate school application!
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Cannot find "saved" document editted from an email attachment
You should save the attachment to the hard drive before editing it. You may
still be able to find the modified file in your Temporary Internet Files folder, though. See also http://www.gmayor.com/outlook_attachments.htm (which of course won't be directly applicable to your situation). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "charhager" wrote in message ... I opened a word (97-2003, ".doc") document from gmail.com last night and began editting it. I keep saving the document and clicking ctrl+s periodically. At the end of the night, I closed the document to be able to resend it to myself via email. I had no idea that it wasn't saved on the desktop. I have search every single temp file and temporary internet folder on my C drive and cannot find the "saved" document ANYWHERE. I am panicing because it is a graduate school application, that's due today. Where can I find this document? In addition, there is a chance I found the document but whatever it is is is saved as a ".dat" file. I have Windows 2007 and have tried microsoft word, notepad, word processor, adobe pdf, etc. to try to open it but when I do it looks like computer code. If this is the document how do I get it to show up like a regular word document? PLEASE HELP! Thank you |
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Cannot find "saved" document editted from an email attachment
There is generally a default file location where all your attachments from
GMail would be saved if you didn't choose a directory on purpose. To find out where that is, just open any attachment from GMail - doesn't matter what type and doesn't have to be the same one - and do a filesave as. When you do this, it will show you at the top of the save as dialog box, the drop down location - this will list the folder default location. Your file you edited should be in that location. "charhager" wrote: I opened a word (97-2003, ".doc") document from gmail.com last night and began editting it. I keep saving the document and clicking ctrl+s periodically. At the end of the night, I closed the document to be able to resend it to myself via email. I had no idea that it wasn't saved on the desktop. I have search every single temp file and temporary internet folder on my C drive and cannot find the "saved" document ANYWHERE. I am panicing because it is a graduate school application, that's due today. Where can I find this document? In addition, there is a chance I found the document but whatever it is is is saved as a ".dat" file. I have Windows 2007 and have tried microsoft word, notepad, word processor, adobe pdf, etc. to try to open it but when I do it looks like computer code. If this is the document how do I get it to show up like a regular word document? PLEASE HELP! Thank you |
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Cannot find "saved" document editted from an email attachment
I agree with both Stefan and Jazz, but it isn't always that easy. In Outlook,
the temporary files folder is hidden and very hard to find. I don't know if gmail works the same way, but if it does, here's how to find it. If you can't find the directory where gmail saves documents, open a DIFFERENT e-mail attachment from gmail (mail yourself something if you have to). Then do what Jazz said and use the Save As option to check where gmail is putting temporary files. Write down the entire address, which will probably start with something like C://Documents and Settings/ . . . . Make sure you copy the address exactly, including any spaces. Then type that address into a Word file. Select the entire thing, right-click it, and create a hyperlink, with the exact text in the "Address:" field. When it turns into a hyperlink, click on it and it should take you to the temporary directory where the file is located. Fred "charhager" wrote: I opened a word (97-2003, ".doc") document from gmail.com last night and began editting it. I keep saving the document and clicking ctrl+s periodically. At the end of the night, I closed the document to be able to resend it to myself via email. I had no idea that it wasn't saved on the desktop. I have search every single temp file and temporary internet folder on my C drive and cannot find the "saved" document ANYWHERE. I am panicing because it is a graduate school application, that's due today. Where can I find this document? In addition, there is a chance I found the document but whatever it is is is saved as a ".dat" file. I have Windows 2007 and have tried microsoft word, notepad, word processor, adobe pdf, etc. to try to open it but when I do it looks like computer code. If this is the document how do I get it to show up like a regular word document? PLEASE HELP! Thank you |
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Cannot find "saved" document editted from an email attachment
You can copy/paste paths from dialogs into Word or other dialogs. Much more
accurate than writing them down. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Idaho Word Man" wrote in message ... I agree with both Stefan and Jazz, but it isn't always that easy. In Outlook, the temporary files folder is hidden and very hard to find. I don't know if gmail works the same way, but if it does, here's how to find it. If you can't find the directory where gmail saves documents, open a DIFFERENT e-mail attachment from gmail (mail yourself something if you have to). Then do what Jazz said and use the Save As option to check where gmail is putting temporary files. Write down the entire address, which will probably start with something like C://Documents and Settings/ . . . . Make sure you copy the address exactly, including any spaces. Then type that address into a Word file. Select the entire thing, right-click it, and create a hyperlink, with the exact text in the "Address:" field. When it turns into a hyperlink, click on it and it should take you to the temporary directory where the file is located. Fred "charhager" wrote: I opened a word (97-2003, ".doc") document from gmail.com last night and began editting it. I keep saving the document and clicking ctrl+s periodically. At the end of the night, I closed the document to be able to resend it to myself via email. I had no idea that it wasn't saved on the desktop. I have search every single temp file and temporary internet folder on my C drive and cannot find the "saved" document ANYWHERE. I am panicing because it is a graduate school application, that's due today. Where can I find this document? In addition, there is a chance I found the document but whatever it is is is saved as a ".dat" file. I have Windows 2007 and have tried microsoft word, notepad, word processor, adobe pdf, etc. to try to open it but when I do it looks like computer code. If this is the document how do I get it to show up like a regular word document? PLEASE HELP! Thank you |
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