The file was saved in one of your temporary internet storage
folders, under the name you see as the attachment. The trick, of
course, is finding it, since those temporary folders are hidden by
default. This changed file eventually will be deleted, but is
probably still there.
Read through all of the following to avoid causing it to be deleted
prematurely.
When you closed the email message that contained the attachment, you
were probably prompted as to whether or not you wanted to save
changes to the email. If you said "Yes," then you're in luck. If you
distinctly recall saying yes, then you can simply re-open the email
and double-click the attachment. It should contain your changes.
If you didn't say Yes to saving those changes, however, then DON'T
reopen the file by double-clicking the attachment. This most likely
will overwrite the changed file with a fresh copy of the original
attachment.
Instead, my first try would be to open a different attachment, and
to note the folder where it's stored. Since you're using the
Home/Student version of Office 2007, am I correct that you're either
using Outlook Express or Windows Mail? If so, then it will probably
be in a location that looks something like the following if you're
using Vista:
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
Internet Files\Content.IE5\ZC43BWPO
This will look a little different if you're using Windows XP,
probably beginning as C:\Documents and Setting...
In any case, I would first check in the folder shown. You might get
lucky. You will need to tell Windows Explorer to show hidden/system
files.
If it's not there, then I would search [for *.doc] in the
...Content.IE5 folder (or whatever it's called). When/if you find
it, copy it to a non-temporary location before opening it.
Good luck & happy hunting.
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com
I used Office (Home/Student) 2007 to open an attachment, which was
a Word 97
doc. I opened it, made a bunch of changes (for several hours!) and
all the while was hitting the "save" icon. (It never asked me to
"save as..."). I now
cannot find this document anywhere on my computer.
I know I should have hit "save as" and got the doc onto my C drive.
But in previous Word versions, a document like that would have been
saved in a "tmp"
file that I could easily find.
Have I completely lost this document and all the changes I made to
it? HELP?
Did this "compatibility mode" mess me up?