Editing a Word Document via an Email attachment
From: GaryZ (GaryZ_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/26/04
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:25:08 -0700
Warning! Don't do it!
This problem has to do with either Word or Outlook, but in my opinion, it
needs to be fixed PRONTO!
Here's the story.
I was getting ready to send out an installation setup with the Setup.EXE and
installation instructions in a Word document as attachments. I opened the
document via the attachment (at least that's what I thought it was). I looked
it over and thought, "I can do tbetter than this."
So, I run through the entire installation process, writing down in detail
every possible scenario that could happen durring the installation, all the
while saving my changes more than 10 times during the writing. After awhile I
forgot that I was in the attachment. I mean, it looks like you are editing
the original document. There's absolutely nothing to inform you that you are
editing an email attachment.
So, I finally get the document to the way I want it. One final save to the
document (or so I think), Exit word. Then I think, "This attachment is old.
I'll just attach the updated document. So I delete the attachment. Open up
the original word document, and find that none of my changes are there.
That's three hours of work down the drain! The attachment's gone, taking all
my hard work with it!
Boy am I steamed!
Oh well, I've got three more hours of work to do now.
You'd think that Word would be saving to both the attachment and the
original document (if it's on the local hard drive or local network), but
apparently NOT. Well, I found out the hard way.
GaryZ.
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