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suddenly lost word 2007 docs
have now lost two files --nowhere to be found, even though ive saved
frequently. Cant find via search. they were both opened originally in outlook. any ideas |
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You should never open Word attachments directly from e-mail - however it
*may* be possible to recover your changes. See http://www.gmayor.com/outlook_attachments.htm . This page is for Word 2003, but the information is similar for 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org margo wrote: have now lost two files --nowhere to be found, even though ive saved frequently. Cant find via search. they were both opened originally in outlook. any ideas |
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:18:00 -0700, margo
wrote: have now lost two files --nowhere to be found, even though ive saved frequently. Cant find via search. they were both opened originally in outlook. any ideas If you open an email attachment directly by double-clicking it, Outlook saves the file into a temporary folder and then tells Word to open it. You edit and save, but all that happens in the temporary folder. When you close the email, Outlook helpfully deletes the temporary folder, and all your effort is wasted. NEVER open an attached document directly from the email unless you only want to read it. Instead, save the attachment to a real folder, and then open that copy to edit. If you're really lucky, your document might still be in a temporary folder somewhere. Try searching for some word or phrase in the body of the document, rather than for the file name. In Windows Explorer, be sure to go to Tools Folder Options View and set the option to show hidden folders. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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thank you thank you graham!! i am forever indebted!!! you have saved my
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As I just exclaimed to my husband, we may have to give you our firstborn.
I've spend the last several hours trying to find a document and your advice helped me locate it (even though I didn't open the file in Outlook and I did download the original file onto my desktop prior to working on it.) Thank You!!!!!! "Graham Mayor" wrote: You should never open Word attachments directly from e-mail - however it *may* be possible to recover your changes. See http://www.gmayor.com/outlook_attachments.htm . This page is for Word 2003, but the information is similar for 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org margo wrote: have now lost two files --nowhere to be found, even though ive saved frequently. Cant find via search. they were both opened originally in outlook. any ideas |
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I have had quite enough of children for one lifetime. Your first born is
safe Glad you found the web page useful. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Char wrote: As I just exclaimed to my husband, we may have to give you our firstborn. I've spend the last several hours trying to find a document and your advice helped me locate it (even though I didn't open the file in Outlook and I did download the original file onto my desktop prior to working on it.) Thank You!!!!!! "Graham Mayor" wrote: You should never open Word attachments directly from e-mail - however it *may* be possible to recover your changes. See http://www.gmayor.com/outlook_attachments.htm . This page is for Word 2003, but the information is similar for 2007. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org margo wrote: have now lost two files --nowhere to be found, even though ive saved frequently. Cant find via search. they were both opened originally in outlook. any ideas |
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