Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Yes -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Dec 2, 2010 5:12 PM, "Roger Wright" wrote: > But will that work consistently? > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos: what > you do today might burn your butt tomor

Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Plus, theres the option to save the attachment back to the email, which will make it available again from that same email. Loads of fun. Can almost always be found in the temp folders... -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Dec 2, 2010 4:09 PM, "Bob Hartung" wr

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Malcolm Reitz
I'm with Carl - you have to save the email message after editing the attachment. -Malcolm From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 16:41 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook It's always worked f

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Carl Houseman
, December 02, 2010 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook But will that work consistently? Roger Wright ___ Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos: what you do today might burn your butt tomorrow. On

Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Roger Wright
But will that work consistently? Roger Wright ___ Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos: what you do today might burn your butt tomorrow. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Carl Houseman wrote: > After saving with Word/Excel, one must *also* close and save cha

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Carl Houseman
After saving with Word/Excel, one must also close and save changes to the mail message from which the attachment sprang. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Editing Office Files from Outlook I occ

Re: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Bob Hartung
I believe attachments are first saved to a temporary file directory. Unless you save what you've done to a different location, it's toast. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(a

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Different versions of Outlook store attachments in different ways. I don't remember all the details, but there is a whitepaper on this at Slipstick. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday

RE: Editing Office Files from Outlook

2010-12-02 Thread John Aldrich
Well, not sure why it *ever* works, but I think the reason it *doesn't* is because they are caching a copy of the attachment and editing the cached copy, so when they save it, they're saving it back to cache. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:03 PM