Depending on the email client, re-opening the file could overwrite the
previously opened file and any changes made to that earlier version would be
lost.

Some email programs will use a counter (like filename[1].xls) and not overwrite
the files.

I'd open a different excel attachment with a different name to do this kind of
thing.

Fred Smith wrote:

You're not doomed. It just was saved wherever your e-mail program saves
attachments. I would go to the original e-mail, and reopen the attachment.
That should at least show you the path to the folder it uses.

Regards,
Fred.

"Marge" wrote in message
...
I did edit a file from an e-mail. Are you saying that since I didn't give
it
a new name I doomed with my efforts to find it?
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"Joel" wrote:

The file was saved, it is not on the drive you ae looking. You can try
you
Waste Basket to see if you accidently deleted the file. The only way I
loose
files if I recevied a file by e-mail and edited the file without renaming
the
file. Otherwise, it did get saved. Maybe you saved it under a
difference
name.

"Marge" wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried all three but it looks like the
file is
gone. I saved it every half hour using the save icon then closed it.
When I
went to retrive it this morning is was gone. I assumed it save since it
did
not ask Do You Want To Save Before Closing.
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"Joel" wrote:

There are 3 methods I use

1) First try the Last used files in the application under File menu
(at the
bottom).
2) If I know the day I last wrote to the file I perform a search from
the
Window Explorer by date.
3) Perform a search by extension and or date.

"Marge" wrote:


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Dave Peterson