[Tammie]

Just today, I was continuing on a project I had. I copied and pasted some text from an email and once I tried to save, my office assistant pops out and says that "Word cannot complete the save due to a file permission error." I press "OK" and it asks whether I want to "RETRY". Since I thought I could just paste in the text again, I pressed "no". But then, I go back to My Documents and the entire file is gone! (even the previously saved stuff) I'm so sad and frustrated. Can anyone explain what the problem is? Is it because I copied text from an email?

Thanks in advance to anyone who answers.

-edit
Oh yes, and this problem occurs randomly.

[TKr3alm3r]

there are a few known causes for this, some of which are if ur virus scanner is running and is set to scan for macro viruses in documents or the shared network folder.
if u are working on a network, or have novell netware client running with file caching set to on.

resolution, use a copy of the original file, use the file from a local source, remove virus scan of macros from the folder u use the file from, disable file caching in novell netware.
now that ur file is gone there are some steps to retrieve it (with the exception that it hasn't been overwritten by another file)

try using this freeware: http://www.download.com/Restoration/3000-2...tml?tag=lst-0-8