[SharonQ]

The last document I enter into Word is not being saved to my disk. The
others that I work on prior to the last one all appear to be on the disk. I
save the document multiple times while working on it but not even my first
draft is recoverable the next day. The file is listed in Recent Documents in
Word but when I go to retrieve it from the disk, it is gone. Does anyone have
any idea why the last file worked is not being saved to the disk? This is
very frustrating and any help would be GREATLY appreciated Thank you. Sharon

[JoAnn Paules]

From "the disk"? Do you mean your hard drive or are you saving directly to
some sort of removeable media?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The last document I enter into Word is not being saved to my disk. The
others that I work on prior to the last one all appear to be on the disk.
I
save the document multiple times while working on it but not even my first
draft is recoverable the next day. The file is listed in Recent Documents
in
Word but when I go to retrieve it from the disk, it is gone. Does anyone
have
any idea why the last file worked is not being saved to the disk? This is
very frustrating and any help would be GREATLY appreciated Thank you.
Sharon

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you open the file from an email attachment? If so, it is being saved to
at Temp folder. Instead of opening the attachment, save it to your document
folder before opening. At the very least, Save As to the document folder
immediately after opening.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The last document I enter into Word is not being saved to my disk. The
others that I work on prior to the last one all appear to be on the disk.
I
save the document multiple times while working on it but not even my first
draft is recoverable the next day. The file is listed in Recent Documents
in
Word but when I go to retrieve it from the disk, it is gone. Does anyone
have
any idea why the last file worked is not being saved to the disk? This is
very frustrating and any help would be GREATLY appreciated Thank you.
Sharon

[SharonQ]

The disk is a removeable media not my hard drive....
--
Sharon


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

From "the disk"? Do you mean your hard drive or are you saving directly to
some sort of removeable media?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The last document I enter into Word is not being saved to my disk. The
others that I work on prior to the last one all appear to be on the disk.
I
save the document multiple times while working on it but not even my first
draft is recoverable the next day. The file is listed in Recent Documents
in
Word but when I go to retrieve it from the disk, it is gone. Does anyone
have
any idea why the last file worked is not being saved to the disk? This is
very frustrating and any help would be GREATLY appreciated Thank you.
Sharon

[JoAnn Paules]

You should never save directly to, or work on a file on removable media. You
should always save the file to your hard drive, work on it, save it, close
it, and then copy it over to your removable media with Windows Explorer or
by burning it with your CD-burning software. Unfortunately this lesson may
well be too late for you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The disk is a removeable media not my hard drive....
--
Sharon


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

From "the disk"? Do you mean your hard drive or are you saving directly
to
some sort of removeable media?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The last document I enter into Word is not being saved to my disk. The
others that I work on prior to the last one all appear to be on the
disk.
I
save the document multiple times while working on it but not even my
first
draft is recoverable the next day. The file is listed in Recent
Documents
in
Word but when I go to retrieve it from the disk, it is gone. Does
anyone
have
any idea why the last file worked is not being saved to the disk? This
is
very frustrating and any help would be GREATLY appreciated Thank you.
Sharon

[SharonQ]

Thank you so very much, JoAnn. I will definitely do it the right way from now
on!! Thank you for your help. Have a great evening!!!
--
Sharon


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

You should never save directly to, or work on a file on removable media. You
should always save the file to your hard drive, work on it, save it, close
it, and then copy it over to your removable media with Windows Explorer or
by burning it with your CD-burning software. Unfortunately this lesson may
well be too late for you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The disk is a removeable media not my hard drive....
--
Sharon


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

From "the disk"? Do you mean your hard drive or are you saving directly
to
some sort of removeable media?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The last document I enter into Word is not being saved to my disk. The
others that I work on prior to the last one all appear to be on the
disk.
I
save the document multiple times while working on it but not even my
first
draft is recoverable the next day. The file is listed in Recent
Documents
in
Word but when I go to retrieve it from the disk, it is gone. Does
anyone
have
any idea why the last file worked is not being saved to the disk? This
is
very frustrating and any help would be GREATLY appreciated Thank you.
Sharon

[JoAnn Paules]

Althought your file may be gone, at least you'll know the right way now.
That's a good thing. :-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
Thank you so very much, JoAnn. I will definitely do it the right way from
now
on!! Thank you for your help. Have a great evening!!!
--
Sharon


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

You should never save directly to, or work on a file on removable media.
You
should always save the file to your hard drive, work on it, save it,
close
it, and then copy it over to your removable media with Windows Explorer
or
by burning it with your CD-burning software. Unfortunately this lesson
may
well be too late for you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The disk is a removeable media not my hard drive....
--
Sharon


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

From "the disk"? Do you mean your hard drive or are you saving
directly
to
some sort of removeable media?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"SharonQ" wrote in message
...
The last document I enter into Word is not being saved to my disk.
The
others that I work on prior to the last one all appear to be on the
disk.
I
save the document multiple times while working on it but not even my
first
draft is recoverable the next day. The file is listed in Recent
Documents
in
Word but when I go to retrieve it from the disk, it is gone. Does
anyone
have
any idea why the last file worked is not being saved to the disk?
This
is
very frustrating and any help would be GREATLY appreciated Thank
you.
Sharon