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.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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