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Admittedly I know little about computers, so please bear with me...



Recently I have been having a problem when trying to attached saved Word documents to my outgoing Outlook emails. I can see the file in my Recent Documents, but when I pull up a new email, click on the paperclip to attach, and go to My Documents, and the appropriate folder I saved the file in, it is not there.

I have taken to sending the file right in Word under the: <Send, then <Email options... however, this does not help me solve the problem of how to find the file later in Word. It is still missing when I go in through My Documents to find it later.

I have never dealt with anything like this before, and have been using Word for years. Not sure if I am doing something wrong when saving?

I hope this question makes sense. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.
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A friend was able to resolve this for me, by changing the default file extension from .docx back to .doc. (I use Office 2007).

So if anyone else experiences "disappearing documents"- try to change the setting using this step-by-step guide:

http://www.technixupdate.com/change-...-in-word-2007/
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It seems as if the file hasn't been saved to the location where you think it is. Have you tried searching for it in Windows?
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A friend was able to resolve this for me, by changing the default file extension from .docx back to .doc. (I use Office 2007).

So if anyone else experiences "disappearing documents"- try to change the setting using this step-by-step guide:

http://www.technixupdate.com/change-...-in-word-2007/


Simply changing the file type shown in the dialog box where you were looking for the file would have sufficed, then. If you were using an older version of Word at the time, installing the compatibility pack from Microsoft would be a good idea. See http://www.microsoft.com/download/en..._121LSUS007870.
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