[Solved] Files don't exist ...

[carold]

Hi there,
I hope someone can help.. I created a document, printed out a pdf version but when I went back to find it a message came up that it doesn't exist.The document name comes up under the Recent Files menu but when I click on it the message appears. The same message appears when I click on an earlier document as well. These are the only 2 documents created since I downloaded this version a few weeks ago. I don't know if I've done something wrong with the download process … Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Carol

[Hagar Delest]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

Are you sure that the files were not mail attachments?
If they was opened from the mail directly, then the file was first stored in a temporary folder and then deleted once the file closed.

[carold]

Hi Hagar and thanks for responding.
No, they weren't attachments. I created them and saved them to my desktop. One is an invoice I need to email to a client. I printed out a pdf version of it but didn't save it as a pdf. Then when I went to open the odt. file This is the message:

[RoryOF]

You should try a system search just in case it's somewhere else. But files _don't_delete themselves except in the case Hagar mentioned.

[carold]

Found it! I downloaded Open Office again then control clicked and the files were listed in that menu - and I was able to access it. Still don't know why Spotlight couldn't find them …. Anyway, problem solved.
Thanks for your help.