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made changes to attachment document but can't find them

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drolette
drolette

I opened an attached word document and made changes, then saved the changes, but now I can't find the document to which I made the changes. Can I retrieve it or is it lost?

I opened an attached word document and made changes, then saved the changes, but now I can't find the document to which I made the changes. Can I retrieve it or is it lost?

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Update to this question: I found the file! It was in temp folder under local application data. Thanks very much.

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Zenos
Zenos

I would expect Word or whatever you used to edit it to have asked you where to save the edited version.

You can't easily write the changes to an attached document; you generally have to save it so you have a stand-alone file to work with.

Use Windows' search tool to look for .doc or .docx files.

drolette
drolette Question owner

You can directly edit an attachment without being forced to save it first. I usually do save it first but in this instance I didn't.

I used "save as" in WORD, changed the document name, and pressed return without having browsed to a specific folder. So the question is, where did the edited attached document get saved? I used windows search tool and search on documents edited today but it didn't come up with anything.

drolette
drolette Question owner

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Update to this question: I found the file! It was in temp folder under local application data. Thanks very much.