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Saving on an email attached word document; where is the file now?
I was working on an attachment and was constantly saving on it, I cannot find
it now...can someone tell me where I can find it please!! It's been a half day of work!! |
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Saving on an email attached word document; where is the file now?
Roderick,
Odds are you won't be able to find the document again. When you open an attachment directly from an email, it is opened as a "temp" file. This file is usually located in someplace like "C:\Documents and Settings\bentleyg\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\". Regardless of how many times you save the file while it's open (and assuming that you don't do a 'Save As' and save it to another location), once you close it it's gone. This behaviour is by design and is intended to prevent an accumulation of temporary files, which use up disk space and would eventually cause your system to grind to a halt. Although there is nothing you can do to recover your work in this instance, undoubtedly this has been a valuable lesson: always save an attachment and work on the saved copy. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Uninvited email contact will be marked as SPAM and ignored. Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. "Roderick" wrote: I was working on an attachment and was constantly saving on it, I cannot find it now...can someone tell me where I can find it please!! It's been a half day of work!! |
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Roderick,
There may be hope. See http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2...an-attachment/ -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Uninvited email contact will be marked as SPAM and ignored. Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. "Roderick" wrote in message ... I was working on an attachment and was constantly saving on it, I cannot find it now...can someone tell me where I can find it please!! It's been a half day of work!! |
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Saving on an email attached word document; where is the file now?
You should never open Word attachments directly from e-mail - however if
your e-mail application is Outlook it *may* be possible to recover your changes. See http://www.gmayor.com/outlook_attachments.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Roderick wrote: I was working on an attachment and was constantly saving on it, I cannot find it now...can someone tell me where I can find it please!! It's been a half day of work!! |
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