The main problem is that most people don't open emails anymore, they use the
preview pane...

Ideally, that functionality should also work when viewing an email from the
preview pane.



"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
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No, they don't need it changed to a Save as button because it is possible
to save the updates to the attachment - plus it would be difficult for the
application to detect the document was opened from an email message.

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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
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However, it IS 2008...

One would think that Microsoft could find a way to fix this issue, or at
least shut off the "Save" button and require a "Save As"...

To have hit "Save" and have it disappear is so disheartening.

/cl

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"ChinaLamb" wrote in message
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I really hate the fact that I open an email, open the attachment (word
or
Publisher) , then spend 4 hours editing a document someone sent me.

I press save, and close the document.

I open Word or Publisher again to work on the file, and It is not in
the
recent documents list.

Then I remember that it was an attachment in an email - Open that
attachment
again, but what I get is the un-edited version.

The version that I worked on for 4 hours is GONE!

This happens in Outlook, as well as Live mail.

Really sucks to be me right now.

Any way to get these documents back?

/cl




They are possibly in your Temp or Temp/internet folders......BTW, this
happens with ALL email clients, not just MS ones....