Re: appending .doc to save files

Yeah: What he said :-)

The main reason I suggest that people should never open any file from their
email program is that it tends to bypass the system's antivirus protection.
People who think Macs can't get viruses can stop reading now: come back when
your system won't work :-)

But what Harry says is also important: You may not be editing the original
of the file, you may be working on a copy. In this operation (renaming an
attachment) you may send the unchanged original, the edited version, or
nothing at all, depending on the mail application you are using and how it's
configured.

If you changed the linked name but not the original, you will send nothing.
If you changed the linked name but saved a new version, it's the old version
that will go when you hit SEND.

If you changed the original's name AND the linked name, you will get what
you expect (the file sent will be renamed...)

Cheers


On 18/9/05 10:40 AM, in article
180920051240272267%helpful_harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Helpful Harry"
<helpful_harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <BF51B651.1E96D%bethrosengard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Beth Rosengard
> <bethrosengard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My faulty memory is dragging up some information that John McGhie once
>> posted to the effect that you should never edit documents when they are
>> attached to emails. Always save them to your desktop, edit, save, and then
>> re-attach. I don't remember the reasons for this, but if John sees this
>> post he'll no doubt jump in. At any rate, your experience bears this out
>> and it's a simple enough workaround.
>
> Some email applications don't actually open the original message's
> attachment and / or the editing application can't actually save over
> the top of the email application's version. This means when you
> supposedly save the document after making changes, you will later open
> the attachment to find all the changes have "disappeared".
>
> This means it's always best to either drag the attachment to the
> Desktop (or anywhere else on you hard drive), save the attachment from
> the email application, or open the attachment and then do a Save As
> from the editing application. Then edit this version and re-attach it
> to any reply message.
>
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

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John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

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