How do I find a file that the shortcut is missing for?

[Rachel]

I "opened" a file from my email account (Microsoft Outlook Web Access - a
school server) and it put the file into word and allowed me to save it, but I
did not rename it. I closed out of the program. Then now that I try to go
back to the file, it is only a shortcut and says that the shortcut has been
moved and won't open the document. Any suggestions? Where did it save it
to, or it is completely gone?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The document was never permanently saved. You were working on it in a temp
folder, and it was deleted when you quit Word. Never open a file directly
from an email. Quite aside from the danger of macro viruses, you risk losing
your work. Always right-click and choose Save As to save the document to
your document folder, then open it in Word.