You have learned an expensive lesson.
If you want to alter an attachment, save the attachment to the hard drive
and alter the saved attachment.
You should save your document as you work.
OE puts opened attachments in Temporary Internet Files.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Tony" wrote in message
...
:I opened up an email with a word ducument. I proceeded to type for 2 hours
: into the word document. When I was done I X out and hit yes to save. When
I
: open the e-mail back up what I typed for 2 hours is gone. Is there anyway
to
: retrieve what I typed in? Please help me I do not want to have to type
again!!