If you edit a document attached to email, save it to My Documents before
closing. If you changed email messages while it was open, it might be in
the securetemp folder - if you open the message then the doc and edit, save
and close the doc then the email, it should update the attachment.

For more info, see:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/securetemp.htm
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2007/20070604.htm
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20031002.htm

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
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I really hate the fact that I open an email, open the attachment (word or
Publisher) , then spend 4 hours editing a document someone sent me.

I press save, and close the document.

I open Word or Publisher again to work on the file, and It is not in the
recent documents list.

Then I remember that it was an attachment in an email - Open that
attachment
again, but what I get is the un-edited version.

The version that I worked on for 4 hours is GONE!

This happens in Outlook, as well as Live mail.

Really sucks to be me right now.

Any way to get these documents back?

/cl