Re: Lost document When I Changed Its Name Please Help!
From: June (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/19/04
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:08:15 -0800
Thank so much for responding so quickly! No, I did not
rename the document in Windows Explorer. I renamed it
in Word,just before I was going to burn it. I tried your
advice and used the file name plus the extension .doc,
but it didn't show up in Word or in Explorer. The
versiion I re-named was not the grayed out one with the
sqiggley "dollar sign"--I'm pretty sure it was the
original. But I could be wrong. Is that what happens if
you touch the grayed out ones (what do you call them?)
In fact, all the chapters have a duplicate entry that is
grayed out with this little sign. What are they for?
The document I need is still in Word, again, all grayed
out with the squiggly mark. The document also shows up
on the CD, so is there anything else I can do to retrieve
it? I do not know how to transfer a document from a CD
back to my hard drive, but even if I did, how do I
convert it to be read? I'll sit by the computer in case
you are still available for help. Thanks so very much.
>-----Original Message-----
>If you renamed the file in an Exploring window, such as
My Computer,
>and if you are viewing file extensions you need to add
the file
>extension when you rename the file.
>
>The message you encountered was telling you that you may
not be able
>to open it by double-clicking in an Exploring window.
You should still
>be able to start Word and use File/Open to open it. When
you open a
>file outside an application Windows uses the file
extension to
>determine which application it needs to start in order
to open a file.
>So if the file extension is incorrect or missing in the
file name
>Windows will not know how to open the file correctly.
>
>In this case, you should be able to rename the file on
your local
>drive and add a ".doc" (without the quotes) at the end
to re-associate
>it with Word again.
>
>Additionally, I wonder if you tried renaming and burning
the wrong
>file to your CD. "Preferred Customer" suggests you may
have used a
>temporary file that contains only user information. Did
the file name
>happen to be something like: ~$FileName.doc? If so then
your original
>document should still be in the folder it was saved in.
>
>--
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Requests for
>assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Beth Melton
>Microsoft Office MVP
>
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>
>"June" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:0cb101c4e5e2$0b893ed0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> This is very serious, so I'd appreciate any help. Two
>> problems:
>>
>> 1) I changed the name of a Word 2002 document,
something
>> I have done before with no trouble. This time, a
little
>> icon came up (notepad?)(a tiny rectangle with red and
>> blue dots) and it said if I changed the name, I would
not
>> be able to read it. By accident, I allowed the name
>> change.
>>
>> 2) I tried to burn the document to a high speed hp CD-
R
>> using my brand new Roxio Creator 7 program which I've
>> never used before. I hoped that the document would
>> appear and I could then read it. Nope. It shows up in
>> the Roxio program, but I cannot convert it back to
Word,
>> nor can I read it from Roxio. The screen directed me
to
>> install a Works CD to read the doc. I did. All I got
>> were dashes and the words "Preferred Customer." This
>> document must get to a printer today! Thank you.
>
>
>.
>
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