How to retrieve a word document downloaded from email?

Question

I downloaded a word document from my email and modified it. I saved it several times, but when I closed it, I could not find it among my documents. I think I may have just lost some really important work...

Somebody please tell me there's a way to retrieve it....

Answer 1

You should be able to find it in several ways if it hasn't gone down the rabbit-hole to Lostpaperland...

1) Check your MRU list.  This is the list of most-recently-opened documents found under the start menu of your PC.

2) Run your search agent with the name of the document EXACTLY as you saved it.

3) Open your Word program, and look under the recently-opened documents.  If nothing else works, this one should...

Other than those three (which have always worked for me, so I've never needed to try anything else), I'm not sure what to tell you.  Good luck, I hope you get your paper back!