Chris in VA Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I just spent an hour typing up a newsletter and then clicked the X to get out of it. The computer asked me if I want to save changes to whatever it was called, and I said yes. Then it disappeared. Now I can't find it. (I tried looking in documents, no go. I tried a search based on text in the newsletter--can't find it. I tried praying. Still can't find it.) Any help would be appreciated. I'm desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Did you close out Word? There's usually a "Recently Edited" option that you can select and it will give you the last few documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "recent documents" under File. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 If you can't find "recent documents", make another file, type one word, save it, and pay attention to the path. It should save in the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Did you close out Word? There's usually a "Recently Edited" option that you can select and it will give you the last few documents.This would be my first course of action. But if for some reason it doesn't work, can you backtrack? Word (at least on my Mac) will usually save something in whatever folder you were in when you opened it. So, if you were doing a spreadsheet in a folder called Taxes, your new document could be in taxes. I sometimes find things in my downloads file, which on a Mac is different from documents. Another thing to do is to look at all your files and then arrange (view) chronologically by date modified. Your new file should be near the top. ETA I love Kiana's method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 It's not in recent documents. When we made another file, it showed it would have saved to templates, but it's not in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 It's not in recent documents. When we made another file, it showed it would have saved to templates, but it's not in there. I added an ETA about arranging files by date modified. Gosh, that is frustrating. BTDT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Do you save things to Dropbox? or the Cloud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Thank you, but it's not showing anything modified on today's date (or even close). I am so sick--I just can't redo the whole stupid thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 No, I don't even know what the Cloud or Dropbox is...LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Do you save things to Dropbox? or the Cloud?Brilliant detective work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Did you try looking in your garbage can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 DId you try hitting the windows icon on the bottom left corner, and in the search box type a key word from the document? I know you said you searched many ways, but I wasn't sure if this was one of them or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 I did try searching in the search box--but it did not come up. How can a computer just...just make things DISAPPEAR! The blasted thing ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO SAVE IT< AND I SAID YES for goodness' sake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Mac or PC? And does anyone else use your user account? Are you on a network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 FOUND IT! I had typed on a template, and it overwrote the template and then stored in downloads. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your help and encouragement!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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