When you open an attachment directly, unless you immediately Save As, the
document is open (and saved) in a temp folder. When you close Word, the file
is deleted. Since you didn't close Word normally, however, there's a chance
that the file still exists or that an AutoRecovery backup was saved. If you
have opened Word again and it didn't present a backup, then perhaps you
don't have that option enabled. But if the file is listed at the bottom of
the File menu, you can try clicking on it to see if there's a chance of
still opening it. If so, immediately Save As to My Documents (or wherever
you keep your Word docs).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"cc" wrote in message
...
Power surge wiped out my pc. Can't find my doc that I opened up from web
mail attachment. I was saving repeatedly but it was still as an
attachment.
Any way my latest changes can be recovered? I'm on a tight deadline and
need
to know how within the hour.

Thanks!