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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it
for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
Hi ADKR,
No, I do not belive you have lost everything. You saved your changes to a temporary file, and while I cannot possibly know where that file is on your computer...I do have a suggestion to find it. Go back into your email and open the same attachment. Once it opens in word, go to save as and when it opens the save as box, look at the chain of where it would automatically be saved. Either write down this chain so you won't forget, or do a screen print. Once you have that info, don't actually save it, but close out of there and go back into Word and find follow the chain...you should be able to find your past saved temporary file that way. I hope it works! Good luck! -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
(Sound of head banging against desk). I think that you are right... but, I
already opened and then saved the file again from the email. Great suggestion though! Thanks. "wendy53012" wrote: Hi ADKR, No, I do not belive you have lost everything. You saved your changes to a temporary file, and while I cannot possibly know where that file is on your computer...I do have a suggestion to find it. Go back into your email and open the same attachment. Once it opens in word, go to save as and when it opens the save as box, look at the chain of where it would automatically be saved. Either write down this chain so you won't forget, or do a screen print. Once you have that info, don't actually save it, but close out of there and go back into Word and find follow the chain...you should be able to find your past saved temporary file that way. I hope it works! Good luck! -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
I don't think that matters...I think when saving to temporary files, it
doesn't save under the same name. Unless it specifically said something like that filename already exits would you like to overwrite existing file...I think your new save would not take the old save's place. I could be wrong, and I'm continuously watching this post to see if any of these Word MVP people post an answer cause I'm curious as to how to retrieve something like this as well. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
I went back to the email attachment, opened it and tried "save as". That
took me to my documents folder. There was no file there already saved (I even looked into "hidden files". When I did save it, it appeared in documents. So, whether or not I have destroyed the one I was looking for or not, it doesn't appear there. I, too, hope that one of the MVP has the magic answer. "wendy53012" wrote: I don't think that matters...I think when saving to temporary files, it doesn't save under the same name. Unless it specifically said something like that filename already exits would you like to overwrite existing file...I think your new save would not take the old save's place. I could be wrong, and I'm continuously watching this post to see if any of these Word MVP people post an answer cause I'm curious as to how to retrieve something like this as well. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
I don't have Vista, so I'm not sure if it works the same, and I'm sure you've
already looked here...but I thought I'd mention it just in case. With XP, when you click on the Start Menu, it has a "My Recent Documents" tab where if you let your mouse sit on it for a second, it will show a list of all the recent documents you've been working on. My list actually goes back a month or so. Again, you've probably already tried this, but I thought it might be worth a shot. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I went back to the email attachment, opened it and tried "save as". That took me to my documents folder. There was no file there already saved (I even looked into "hidden files". When I did save it, it appeared in documents. So, whether or not I have destroyed the one I was looking for or not, it doesn't appear there. I, too, hope that one of the MVP has the magic answer. "wendy53012" wrote: I don't think that matters...I think when saving to temporary files, it doesn't save under the same name. Unless it specifically said something like that filename already exits would you like to overwrite existing file...I think your new save would not take the old save's place. I could be wrong, and I'm continuously watching this post to see if any of these Word MVP people post an answer cause I'm curious as to how to retrieve something like this as well. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
Everything is worth trying when I don't know the answer. Thanks. The
document did not appear there even though documents that I worked on yesterday did. The haunting thought is that I may not have saved the document. In a rush I might have hit "no". Anyway, I have caught up to where I was, but am still interested in a solution is one is availabale. "wendy53012" wrote: I don't have Vista, so I'm not sure if it works the same, and I'm sure you've already looked here...but I thought I'd mention it just in case. With XP, when you click on the Start Menu, it has a "My Recent Documents" tab where if you let your mouse sit on it for a second, it will show a list of all the recent documents you've been working on. My list actually goes back a month or so. Again, you've probably already tried this, but I thought it might be worth a shot. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I went back to the email attachment, opened it and tried "save as". That took me to my documents folder. There was no file there already saved (I even looked into "hidden files". When I did save it, it appeared in documents. So, whether or not I have destroyed the one I was looking for or not, it doesn't appear there. I, too, hope that one of the MVP has the magic answer. "wendy53012" wrote: I don't think that matters...I think when saving to temporary files, it doesn't save under the same name. Unless it specifically said something like that filename already exits would you like to overwrite existing file...I think your new save would not take the old save's place. I could be wrong, and I'm continuously watching this post to see if any of these Word MVP people post an answer cause I'm curious as to how to retrieve something like this as well. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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Word File Lost? Am I dead?
I cross posted this on the Office site. Take a look at what Herb Tyson (MVP)
said. It is very similar to your idea. I don't have time right now to pursue it, but later will try and post both places the results. https://www.microsoft.com/office/com...ang= en&cr=US If you can't get there from the link it is in "Discussions for Office General Questions" and the title is "Am I doomed forever." "wendy53012" wrote: I don't have Vista, so I'm not sure if it works the same, and I'm sure you've already looked here...but I thought I'd mention it just in case. With XP, when you click on the Start Menu, it has a "My Recent Documents" tab where if you let your mouse sit on it for a second, it will show a list of all the recent documents you've been working on. My list actually goes back a month or so. Again, you've probably already tried this, but I thought it might be worth a shot. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I went back to the email attachment, opened it and tried "save as". That took me to my documents folder. There was no file there already saved (I even looked into "hidden files". When I did save it, it appeared in documents. So, whether or not I have destroyed the one I was looking for or not, it doesn't appear there. I, too, hope that one of the MVP has the magic answer. "wendy53012" wrote: I don't think that matters...I think when saving to temporary files, it doesn't save under the same name. Unless it specifically said something like that filename already exits would you like to overwrite existing file...I think your new save would not take the old save's place. I could be wrong, and I'm continuously watching this post to see if any of these Word MVP people post an answer cause I'm curious as to how to retrieve something like this as well. -Wendy "ADKR" wrote: I sent myself a Word file attached to an email. I opened it and worked on it for a long time. I hit "save" and left. I forgot to hit "save as" and save it to my desktop. Now when I opened the file again none of the work was saved. Is it lurking somewhere or am I doomed to start over. Thanks. Vista Home Premium Word 2007 |
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