Hi,

I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
then saved it. Where is it?

I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
cannot find it.

I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
hours of work.

Your help would be greatfully appreciated.

thanks in advance Ian

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Peter

Peter
Thu Oct 02 04:36:56 PDT 2008

If it was a Word attachment and then you saved it do the following to =
find it.

Simple. Do a search for *.doc and see where it is on your drive

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"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
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> Hi,
>=20
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on =
it,=20
> then saved it. Where is it?
>=20
> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and =
saved=20
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now =
I=20
> cannot find it.
>=20
> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat =
several=20
> hours of work.
>=20
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>=20
> thanks in advance Ian

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Mark

Mark
Thu Oct 02 04:38:15 PDT 2008

By default, Word saves attachments in %userprofile%/Documents.

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"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> then saved it. Where is it?
>
> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> cannot find it.
>
> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> hours of work.
>
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance Ian


Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Frank

Frank
Thu Oct 02 04:44:17 PDT 2008

"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> then saved it. Where is it?
>
> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> cannot find it.
>
> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> hours of work.
>
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance Ian

Unless you used Save As to save it outside the mail message, it might be in
Temporary Internet Files but you're probably just plain out of luck.

--
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Do not reply with email


Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Joseph

Joseph
Thu Oct 02 05:00:54 PDT 2008

Have you checked the recently used files list in Word?

"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> then saved it. Where is it?
>
> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> cannot find it.
>
> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> hours of work.
>
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance Ian


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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Ian

Ian
Thu Oct 02 05:45:01 PDT 2008

Yes, not in there.

"Joseph Meehan" wrote:

> Have you checked the recently used files list in Word?
>
> "Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> > then saved it. Where is it?
> >
> > I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> > where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> > cannot find it.
> >
> > I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> > hours of work.
> >
> > Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
> >
> > thanks in advance Ian
>
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia 's Muire duit
>
>
>
>

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Ian

Ian
Thu Oct 02 05:46:04 PDT 2008

Yes, tried that, not there, thanks anyway.

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:

> "Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> > then saved it. Where is it?
> >
> > I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> > where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> > cannot find it.
> >
> > I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> > hours of work.
> >
> > Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
> >
> > thanks in advance Ian
>
> Unless you used Save As to save it outside the mail message, it might be in
> Temporary Internet Files but you're probably just plain out of luck.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
> Do not reply with email
>

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Ian

Ian
Thu Oct 02 05:46:04 PDT 2008

Tried that, not there, thanks anyway.

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> If it was a Word attachment and then you saved it do the following to find it.
>
> Simple. Do a search for *.doc and see where it is on your drive
>
> --
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>
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>
> "Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> > then saved it. Where is it?
> >
> > I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> > where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> > cannot find it.
> >
> > I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> > hours of work.
> >
> > Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
> >
> > thanks in advance Ian
>

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Ian

Ian
Thu Oct 02 05:48:12 PDT 2008

I have looked, it's not there, is there another route i should be using other
that to look in Documents.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> By default, Word saves attachments in %userprofile%/Documents.
>
> --
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> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm
> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
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>
> "Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> > then saved it. Where is it?
> >
> > I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> > where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> > cannot find it.
> >
> > I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> > hours of work.
> >
> > Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
> >
> > thanks in advance Ian
>

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Gordon

Gordon
Thu Oct 02 06:06:57 PDT 2008

"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BEA6C663-645F-478E-87D3-DA35E803F593@microsoft.com...
> Yes, tried that, not there, thanks anyway.
>
> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:
>
>>
>> Unless you used Save As to save it outside the mail message, it might be
>> in
>> Temporary Internet Files but you're probably just plain out of luck.
>>


Try here:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.Outlook\xxxxxxxx


Re: working with E-mail Attachments by DDW

DDW
Thu Oct 02 06:11:38 PDT 2008

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 05:48:12 -0700, Ian <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have looked, it's not there, is there another route i should be using other
>that to look in Documents.

What is your email client?


>"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> By default, Word saves attachments in %userprofile%/Documents.
>>
>> --
>> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm
>> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
>> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>>
>> "Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
>> > then saved it. Where is it?
>> >
>> > I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
>> > where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
>> > cannot find it.
>> >
>> > I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
>> > hours of work.
>> >
>> > Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>> >
>> > thanks in advance Ian
>>

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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Zaphod

Zaphod
Thu Oct 02 06:12:38 PDT 2008


"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60251467-2575-455A-AAD7-905766038677@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on
> it,
> then saved it. Where is it?
>
> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and
> saved
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now
> I
> cannot find it.
>
> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat
> several
> hours of work.
>
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance Ian

Have you tried re-opening the email and then re-opening the attachment?
In Outlook when I save an attachment I can go back to the original mail
and re-open it and my changes are there (unless I told Outlook to not
save the email when I closed it...).

Hope this helps!

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No matter where you go, there you are!



Re: working with E-mail Attachments by DDW

DDW
Thu Oct 02 06:24:49 PDT 2008

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:11:38 -0500, DDW <ddwright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net>
wrote:

>
>What is your email client?

From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817878


When you open file attachments that are considered safe, Outlook 2003
or Outlook 2007 puts these attachments in a subdirectory under the
Temporary Internet Files directory as an additional precaution. When
Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 first tries to use a temporary file, it
examines the registry to determine whether the following value exists,
depending on your version of Outlook.

Outlook 2003
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security

Value Name: OutlookSecureTempFolder
Data Type: REG_SZ


Outlook 2007
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security

Value Name: OutlookSecureTempFolder
Data Type: REG_SZ

If the value exists, and if the value contains a valid path, Outlook
2003 or Outlook 2007 uses that location for its temporary files.

If the registry value does not exist, or if it points to an invalid
location, Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 creates a new subdirectory
under the Temporary Internet Files directory and puts the temporary
file in the new subdirectory. The name of the new subdirectory is
unknown, is randomly generated, and takes on the following form,
depending on your version of Outlook.

Outlook 2003
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\OLKxxx

In this example, username is the user name that is used by the person
who is currently logged on to the computer, and xxx is a randomly
generated sequence of letters and numbers.

Outlook 2007
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\xxxxxxxx

Note In Windows Vista, the temporary file resides in the following
location:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.Outlook\xxxxxxxx

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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Dave

Dave
Thu Oct 02 06:21:48 PDT 2008

The file is probably located in a folder somewhere in
C:\Users\(youraccount)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\

\AppData is normally hidden
\Temporary Internet Files is normally a hidden protected Operating System
file

You'll have to remove the checkmark (if they're hidden) in windows Explorer:
Organize - Folder & Search Options - View


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"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> then saved it. Where is it?
>
> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> cannot find it.
>
> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> hours of work.
>
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance Ian


Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Ken

Ken
Thu Oct 02 07:41:13 PDT 2008

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:16:00 -0700, Ian <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> then saved it. Where is it?


It's wherever you told it to put it when you were asked.

If you don't remember, do a search for it.


> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> cannot find it.


My view is very conservative, and is that you should not have opened
it. Such attachments are very risky (especially Word documents, which
can contain malicious macros). You often see advice not to open
attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the
most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies
that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and
relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone
in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from
friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.

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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Alias

Alias
Thu Oct 02 07:46:50 PDT 2008

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:16:00 -0700, Ian <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
>> then saved it. Where is it?
>
>
> It's wherever you told it to put it when you were asked.
>
> If you don't remember, do a search for it.
>
>
>> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
>> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
>> cannot find it.
>
>
> My view is very conservative, and is that you should not have opened
> it. Such attachments are very risky (especially Word documents, which
> can contain malicious macros). You often see advice not to open
> attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the
> most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies
> that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and
> relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone
> in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from
> friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
>
> Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> infected.
>

And there are two solutions:

1. Save it to disk and run the AV on it before opening it.

2. Use Ubuntu and not worry about this kind of crap. www.ubuntu.com

Alias

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by DDW

DDW
Thu Oct 02 08:27:07 PDT 2008

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:41:13 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:16:00 -0700, Ian <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
>> then saved it. Where is it?
>
>
>It's wherever you told it to put it when you were asked.
>
>If you don't remember, do a search for it.
>
>
>> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
>> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
>> cannot find it.
>
>
>My view is very conservative, and is that you should not have opened
>it. Such attachments are very risky (especially Word documents, which
>can contain malicious macros). You often see advice not to open
>attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the
>most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies
>that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and
>relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone
>in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from
>friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
>
>Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
>contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
>you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
>realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
>infected.

You probably wear a tin-foil beanie to keep people from reading your
mind.

WTF good is it to have an a/v and a couple of malware programs running
if you never give them a chance to do what they're supposed to do?

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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Ken

Ken
Thu Oct 02 08:48:59 PDT 2008

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:27:07 -0500, DDW <ddwright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:41:13 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:16:00 -0700, Ian <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> >> then saved it. Where is it?
> >
> >
> >It's wherever you told it to put it when you were asked.
> >
> >If you don't remember, do a search for it.
> >
> >
> >> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> >> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> >> cannot find it.
> >
> >
> >My view is very conservative, and is that you should not have opened
> >it. Such attachments are very risky (especially Word documents, which
> >can contain malicious macros). You often see advice not to open
> >attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the
> >most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies
> >that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and
> >relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone
> >in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from
> >friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
> >
> >Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> >contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> >you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> >realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> >infected.
>
> You probably wear a tin-foil beanie to keep people from reading your
> mind.
>
> WTF good is it to have an a/v and a couple of malware programs running
> if you never give them a chance to do what they're supposed to do?


What they are supposed to do and what they are able to do are never
exactly the same thing. None of these programs is perfect, and none of
these programs can ever be updated to reflect the new malware that
started moments ago.

Using software to help protect you is good. Relying entirely on
software is foolhardy.

--
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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Peter

Peter
Thu Oct 02 12:54:36 PDT 2008

I just re-read your post again. If you did not do it as Save As then you =
are up the creek. In other words plain out of luck and what you saved is =
somewhere in a lost black hole
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"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
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> Hi,
>=20
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on =
it,=20
> then saved it. Where is it?
>=20
> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and =
saved=20
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now =
I=20
> cannot find it.
>=20
> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat =
several=20
> hours of work.
>=20
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>=20
> thanks in advance Ian

Re: working with E-mail Attachments by DDW

DDW
Thu Oct 02 13:04:55 PDT 2008

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:48:59 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:27:07 -0500, DDW <ddwright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:41:13 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>>
>> >On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:16:00 -0700, Ian <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
>> >> then saved it. Where is it?
>> >
>> >
>> >It's wherever you told it to put it when you were asked.
>> >
>> >If you don't remember, do a search for it.
>> >
>> >
>> >> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
>> >> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
>> >> cannot find it.
>> >
>> >
>> >My view is very conservative, and is that you should not have opened
>> >it. Such attachments are very risky (especially Word documents, which
>> >can contain malicious macros). You often see advice not to open
>> >attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the
>> >most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies
>> >that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and
>> >relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone
>> >in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from
>> >friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
>> >
>> >Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
>> >contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
>> >you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
>> >realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
>> >infected.
>>
>> You probably wear a tin-foil beanie to keep people from reading your
>> mind.
>>
>> WTF good is it to have an a/v and a couple of malware programs running
>> if you never give them a chance to do what they're supposed to do?
>
>
>What they are supposed to do and what they are able to do are never
>exactly the same thing. None of these programs is perfect, and none of
>these programs can ever be updated to reflect the new malware that
>started moments ago.
>
>Using software to help protect you is good. Relying entirely on
>software is foolhardy.

I am a very experienced user who practices "safe hex" and who has
proper software protection - I even PAY for my a/v protection (Avira)
- but I will not go so far as to get paranoid about opening a .DOC
file, or even a .JPG just because there is a POSSIBILITY that it might
contain a worm.

PUH-LEEZ!

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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Ken

Ken
Thu Oct 02 13:26:08 PDT 2008

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:04:55 -0500, DDW <ddwright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:48:59 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:27:07 -0500, DDW <ddwright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:41:13 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> >> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:16:00 -0700, Ian <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> >> >> then saved it. Where is it?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >It's wherever you told it to put it when you were asked.
> >> >
> >> >If you don't remember, do a search for it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> >> >> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> >> >> cannot find it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >My view is very conservative, and is that you should not have opened
> >> >it. Such attachments are very risky (especially Word documents, which
> >> >can contain malicious macros). You often see advice not to open
> >> >attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the
> >> >most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies
> >> >that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and
> >> >relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone
> >> >in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from
> >> >friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
> >> >
> >> >Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> >> >contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> >> >you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> >> >realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> >> >infected.
> >>
> >> You probably wear a tin-foil beanie to keep people from reading your
> >> mind.
> >>
> >> WTF good is it to have an a/v and a couple of malware programs running
> >> if you never give them a chance to do what they're supposed to do?
> >
> >
> >What they are supposed to do and what they are able to do are never
> >exactly the same thing. None of these programs is perfect, and none of
> >these programs can ever be updated to reflect the new malware that
> >started moments ago.
> >
> >Using software to help protect you is good. Relying entirely on
> >software is foolhardy.
>
> I am a very experienced user who practices "safe hex" and who has
> proper software protection - I even PAY for my a/v protection (Avira)
> - but I will not go so far as to get paranoid about opening a .DOC
> file, or even a .JPG just because there is a POSSIBILITY that it might
> contain a worm.


That's fine with me. You are entitled to practice whatever security
rules you want. You are willing to run risks that I am not willing to
run. My experience is that almost never is it necessary that I need to
open to open a .doc attachment that is sent to me. My standard
practice is to ask the sender to resend the text embedded in the body
of the E-mail message. Almost always I get what I request and that's
just fine.

As I previously said, quoted above "My view is very conservative."

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Re: working with E-mail Attachments by Bruce

Bruce
Thu Oct 02 17:56:37 PDT 2008

Ian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I received an e-mail with a Word attachment. I opened it and worked on it,
> then saved it. Where is it?
>

It's exactly where you told or allowed Word to save it.

> I realise that i should have done a 'saved as' then renamed it and saved
> where I knew where it was, but i did not, I just pressed save and now I
> cannot find it.
>

What happens when you open Word and re-select that document from the
MRU (Most Recently Used) list?


> I did alot of work on it and could do with finding it or repeat several
> hours of work.
>
> Your help would be greatfully appreciated.
>


What happens when you do a search for the document?


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