Saving Word Documents

[magistra]

all of a sudden, when I try to save a Word document, it doesn't appear in the documents list, altho' it is in the 'recently used' list What's gone wrong?

[grasscarp]

Perhaps you have saved it to a different folder e.g. Desktop

[bhg481]

If you "save as" instead of "save", it makes it easier to see which directory you're saving it in.

[magistra]

I used 'save as' and saved it as a word document, as usual. How do I check what folder/directory it's gone to?

[boxtops]

It will save into whatever folder you have open at the time you save.

[grasscarp]

There is a line for type PDF etc and another for the folder name.
There is a search function in documents or you could open from recents and save again watching out for where you are sending it

[magistra]

thanks to all you wonderful answerbankers for trying to help this technophobe. I've now found the missing document, along with a dozen others, in something called Skydrive. How can I move all these files into my usual Documents folder

[bhg481]

Open the folder "skydrive"

Open your usual folder in a separate window.

right-click on a file in skydrive and, holding the mouse button down, drag it into your other folder.

Repeat for all desired files.

You can, if you wish, right-click on the first file then, holding the ctrl key down, click on each of the other files in turn and then drag them all across in one go.

[venator]

Is skydrive another plot to get our documents saved in the "cloud" not on our own computers, so that you can only get them back from Microsoft?

[magistra]

thanks again to everyone. I've finally managed it!