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

"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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




They are possibly in your Temp or Temp/internet folders......BTW, this
happens with ALL email clients, not just MS ones....

However, it IS 2008...

One would think that Microsoft could find a way to fix this issue, or at
least shut off the "Save" button and require a "Save As"...

To have hit "Save" and have it disappear is so disheartening.

/cl

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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




They are possibly in your Temp or Temp/internet folders......BTW, this
happens with ALL email clients, not just MS ones....

No, they don't need it changed to a Save as button because it is possible to
save the updates to the attachment - plus it would be difficult for the
application to detect the document was opened from an email message.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
However, it IS 2008...

One would think that Microsoft could find a way to fix this issue, or at
least shut off the "Save" button and require a "Save As"...

To have hit "Save" and have it disappear is so disheartening.

/cl

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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




They are possibly in your Temp or Temp/internet folders......BTW, this
happens with ALL email clients, not just MS ones....

The main problem is that most people don't open emails anymore, they use the
preview pane...

Ideally, that functionality should also work when viewing an email from the
preview pane.



"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
No, they don't need it changed to a Save as button because it is possible
to save the updates to the attachment - plus it would be difficult for the
application to detect the document was opened from an email message.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
However, it IS 2008...

One would think that Microsoft could find a way to fix this issue, or at
least shut off the "Save" button and require a "Save As"...

To have hit "Save" and have it disappear is so disheartening.

/cl

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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




They are possibly in your Temp or Temp/internet folders......BTW, this
happens with ALL email clients, not just MS ones....

If users don't change messages in preview while the attachment is open it
will be saved back to the original message. Users need to learn to use the
Save as button, not Save. You can also move the securetemp folder so its
easier to find the message.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
The main problem is that most people don't open emails anymore, they use
the preview pane...

Ideally, that functionality should also work when viewing an email from
the preview pane.



"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
...
No, they don't need it changed to a Save as button because it is possible
to save the updates to the attachment - plus it would be difficult for
the application to detect the document was opened from an email message.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
However, it IS 2008...

One would think that Microsoft could find a way to fix this issue, or at
least shut off the "Save" button and require a "Save As"...

To have hit "Save" and have it disappear is so disheartening.

/cl

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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




They are possibly in your Temp or Temp/internet folders......BTW, this
happens with ALL email clients, not just MS ones....

If you open an attachment to edit or that you wish to store elsewhere you
need to use 'save as'

"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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

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

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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

Might I offer another suggestion? Unless you've opened a million documents
since the amazing disappearing document, check in Start-My Recent Documents.
It may be there. It may also appear in the Word list of the last few edited
documents (which I think is default-set to 4). If its in one of those
locations, simply open it, then "Save-As" to wherever you want it.

"ChinaLamb" wrote:

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

I try to regenerate this. Here's what I got:

"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
...
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.

It gets saved in "Temporary Internet Files\may be OLKxx folder"

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

It is in my MS Word recently opened 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.

True but when you close your email where the file is attached to, you're
asked "Do you want to save changes?" If you click Yes, you will have the
updated version (re)attached to that mail. If you click No, the email AND
attachment(s) are unchanged (which is normal).

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

It's not. It's in the "Temporary Internet Files\may be OLKxx folder". Take
a look. It may still be there.

Any way to get these documents back?

See above.