Why do the Microsoft Office 2007 products allow a user to open a file as an
attachment in their Outlook email, and then not warn them that they are
saving to a temporary file folder when they click the 'Save' button?

We use Group Policy with the Office 2007 add-ins. Is there any way to
prevent a user from doing this? We have educated users to always remember to
save their document from their email rather than opening it directly and
editing it, however some always forget. It is very difficult trying to
explain to a user why their changes are now lost, after they have tried
re-opening the file again from their email, which overwrites the file in the
Termpory Internet Files.

I would appreciate any advice you can provide. Thank you!

Jason

Not new to Office 2007, this always happened.

Jason wrote:
> Why do the Microsoft Office 2007 products allow a user to open a file as an
> attachment in their Outlook email, and then not warn them that they are
> saving to a temporary file folder when they click the 'Save' button?
>
> We use Group Policy with the Office 2007 add-ins. Is there any way to
> prevent a user from doing this? We have educated users to always remember to
> save their document from their email rather than opening it directly and
> editing it, however some always forget. It is very difficult trying to
> explain to a user why their changes are now lost, after they have tried
> re-opening the file again from their email, which overwrites the file in the
> Termpory Internet Files.
>
> I would appreciate any advice you can provide. Thank you!
>
> Jason

One possible solution might be a third party addin that strips the
attachment's from the email and saves them to a location on the HD, whilst
maintaing a link within the email
www.slipstick.com has a selection of utilities for such. - I used one,
mapilab I recollect?, it worked well, and when I decided I didnt really need
it I was able to reverse the 'strip' easily

"Jason" <Jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Why do the Microsoft Office 2007 products allow a user to open a file as
> an
> attachment in their Outlook email, and then not warn them that they are
> saving to a temporary file folder when they click the 'Save' button?
>
> We use Group Policy with the Office 2007 add-ins. Is there any way to
> prevent a user from doing this? We have educated users to always remember
> to
> save their document from their email rather than opening it directly and
> editing it, however some always forget. It is very difficult trying to
> explain to a user why their changes are now lost, after they have tried
> re-opening the file again from their email, which overwrites the file in
> the
> Termpory Internet Files.
>
> I would appreciate any advice you can provide. Thank you!
>
> Jason