Saving Office Files on Journal?

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I am trying to link a word document to a journal, and subsequently to a
contact. However, I realize that I have to keep the word file on the
location where it was linked initially. Is there a way where Journal can
save the file internally so that I may discard the orginal file altogether.
This way I can delete word files and avoid clutter by simply keeping them in
journal. Thanks very much.
 
AFAIK, the file is not attached to the journal but it is only a reference to the file in the local file system. If you delete the file from your directories on your hard drive, you erase the reference which is all the Journal contains.

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After furious head scratching, adeuiu asked:

| I am trying to link a word document to a journal, and subsequently to
| a contact. However, I realize that I have to keep the word file on
| the location where it was linked initially. Is there a way where
| Journal can save the file internally so that I may discard the
| orginal file altogether. This way I can delete word files and avoid
| clutter by simply keeping them in journal. Thanks very much.
 
Thank you Milly. However, if I change the file's location, then I cannot
open the journal entry. How can I change the file path in order to get
Journal to track the file's new location? Thanks again.
 
I'm pretty sure that Milly was saying that you can't save the Word file
directly in the Journal entry. If you delete the Word file, the Journal has
no connection to it any longer.

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adeuiu said:
Thank you Milly. However, if I change the file's location, then I cannot
open the journal entry. How can I change the file path in order to get
Journal to track the file's new location? Thanks again.

Milly Staples said:
AFAIK, the file is not attached to the journal but it is only a reference to the file in the local file system. If you delete the file from your directories on your hard drive, you erase the reference which is all the Journal contains.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, adeuiu asked:

| I am trying to link a word document to a journal, and subsequently to
| a contact. However, I realize that I have to keep the word file on
| the location where it was linked initially. Is there a way where
| Journal can save the file internally so that I may discard the
| orginal file altogether. This way I can delete word files and avoid
| clutter by simply keeping them in journal. Thanks very much.
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Yes, I understand Milli's response. It is settled, I cannot delete the file
and expect to open it inside Journal. What I am trying to ask now, is if I
can move this file elsewhere and have Journal recognize the new file path.
That is, I have all these files that were initially "Journaled" in the
desktop, and now that I moved them to a different folder -Journal will not
recognize them.

Jocelyn Fiorello said:
I'm pretty sure that Milly was saying that you can't save the Word file
directly in the Journal entry. If you delete the Word file, the Journal has
no connection to it any longer.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please reply
only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


adeuiu said:
Thank you Milly. However, if I change the file's location, then I cannot
open the journal entry. How can I change the file path in order to get
Journal to track the file's new location? Thanks again.

Milly Staples said:
AFAIK, the file is not attached to the journal but it is only a reference to the file in the local file system. If you delete the file from your directories on your hard drive, you erase the reference which is all the Journal contains.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, adeuiu asked:

| I am trying to link a word document to a journal, and subsequently to
| a contact. However, I realize that I have to keep the word file on
| the location where it was linked initially. Is there a way where
| Journal can save the file internally so that I may discard the
| orginal file altogether. This way I can delete word files and avoid
| clutter by simply keeping them in journal. Thanks very much.
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