how do I find something I saved in a temporary file?

[Guest]

I'm sent templates as attached files, and I open them and update them and
sometimes forget to "save as," I just close them and when it says "do you
want to save changes made," I clidk yes and it closes, but it's then saved as
the temporary attached document and I can't find it anywhere!!

Can you help me find this work because sometimes it's a two-hour report that
I lose.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Not to scold you, but _Never_ work directly in an attachment. Always Save it
to your hard drive, then open the saved file from there & make whatever
changes you wish.

HTH |:>)

 

[Guest]

Iknow, I know, but how do I find it if I have saved it to the attachment?

 

[Guest]

That, I'm afraid, is the problem... The 'changes' you make essentially
evaporate when you close the attachment as there is no _real_ file for the
changes to be saved to. Unfortunately, Word seems to think it is saving your
work, which gives you the same (wrong) impression.

I don't know of any sure way to recover the work you've already lost. Even
with Always Create Backup Copy turned on in Tools>Options>Save, I'm not sure
that the backup would 'take', as it gets created in the same folder as the
doc being backed up. (Somthing I've been meaning to look into, but haven't as
yet.)

One place you can check if you have AutoRecover on is in the location it
uses. To find out where that is on your computer, go to Tools>Options>File
Locations re AutoRecover Files. If you haven't quit Word/restarted your
computer you _may_ have some luck there.

Good Luck |:>)

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for your help. I knew you weren't scolding me . But
sometimes I just start working and forget to save it and it drives me nuts
when I have to do it all over again! But I never even had the Auto Recovery
on, so you've helped me tremendously by just letting me know about that.