In your options menu, do you have it set to back up your document every so many minutes? If so, you may be able to recover your backed up document. Also, seems like sometimes the recovered document is saved with a different extension--darn it, I can't remember what it is. But the file location for either of these documents should be specified in your options menu under File Locations.
Diane --- In [email protected], CJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > samuel > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 5:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Recoveriing a Word Document > > I have a Dell computer and I am writing a book. I am running > Microsoft Word 97. Yesterday while I was printing some pages, I > tried to close the document so I could save it to disk. It gave me a > message saying Word encountered a problem. I got that "End Program" > dialog box. I thought I did whatever was necessary not to lose the > document, but I was wrong; it is gone! > > The title still shows up at the bottom of my file menu on a blank > Word document but when I try to open it I get a message saying "the > document or path is not valid." > > I've got to believe that my book is still hiding somewhere on my > computer. Please help me. Of course, I looked in the Recyle Bin; I > also did a global search and came up with nothing. > > I am feeling desperate as I have been working on this book for a > long time, so I will appreciate any help you can give me. > > Thank You, > Mark (a.k.a. "Samuel") > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
