| 6ixStringJack: So it's not actually the one your editor sent back to you. That should be your book, but we don't want to open it in Gmail. We want to download the attachment. |
| 6ixStringJack: What I'm assuming happened here is that because you're using GMail, it's automatically opening your Microsoft Word ".docx" file in Gmail when you left-click on it. |
| 6ixStringJack: Okay... When you press the paperclip, it will say what folder it's currently looking at in the box that comes up. It actually is opening in a default folder. So what you did by dragging the book into that box, and not the body of the email itself, is make a copy of your book from your Documents folder into whatever folder Gmail defaults to, and then you sent that copy to yourself. I'm guessing that your file now says "Brenda's Book Title (2) - Copy.docx" or something very close to that? |
| Brenda: I used the attachment icon at the bottom of the email. The paperclip and it brought up the window and I just moved the file into the box, hit open and it went into the email. I was doing the exact same thing when I was emailing to myself as I did then. |
| Brenda: Okay I will try that later. I've got it written down. |
| Brenda: I use Gmail for my email and all it says is copy and after I send it to myself, there is a file in the email. Behind the file is ".doxc" |
| Brenda: I know and I've been trying to figure it out to and it is driving me buggy. |
| 6ixStringJack: I know it was a few years ago now, but do you have any recollection how you attached your book and emailed it to the editor? You're doing exactly the same thing you did when you did that, but the only difference here is that you're emailing it to yourself instead of somebody else. |
| 6ixStringJack: If you have an actual file attached to the email, instead of left clicking it, right click on it and it may give you the option to "Save" or "Save As". Save that to your Desktop if this is the case. I don't want you saving it to your Documents folder and accidentally saving over your book, so I want you to save it to the Desktop instead. |
| 6ixStringJack: Are you using Gmail or Hotmail? What is your email platform? Maybe if you're using Gmail it's automatically loading that up into Google Docs or something instead of giving you the option of downloading it and saving it. Do you just get a link in the email after you send it to yourself, or does it show that there is an attached file? If it shows an attached file, does it say what type of file it is (or say what the extension is, ie: ".doc" or ".docx" or the like? |
| 6ixStringJack: Something is amiss. I don't know exactly what it is that you're copying into the email. There should be absolutely zero connection between your Word Document in the Documents folder and that online link. Absolute zero. Completely unrelated. If you're copying over the file that you double click and it opens in Word. |
| Brenda: I've noticed when I did what you said. Instead of asking me anything it says copy before dropping into the email. Not sure if it should be saying that. |
| Brenda: Just tried it again and once it arrived in my inbox, I opened it and it is still the google doc.
I had two windows open like you said and I left click and dragged it and it looks in the email. Then like I said I send it and it arrives but opening it, it doesn't work. I am trying to figure out when I downloaded it if I missed a step. |
| Brenda: I guess they did set up a folder a folder. I don't totally know as this was gotten for me through a friend. And both friends knew I needed Word. |
| Brenda: What I am opening in Microsoft word is my latest version of my book. |
6ixStringJack: Once you're looking at your book in File Explorer (Not opened up in Microsoft word). Have your email to yourself ready to go in your internet browser window. So you should have two windows open now. Once you get there, you simply click on your book with the left button and then drag the file into the body of your email. There it should either automatically attach your book to your email, or it will pop up a window asking if you would like to attach that file to your email, to which you say "Yes".  |
| 6ixStringJack: Once you're looking at your book in File Explorer (Not opened up in Microsoft word). Have your email to yourself ready to go in your internet browser window. So you should have two windows open now. Once you get there, you simply click on your book with the left button and then drag the file into the body of your email. There it should either automatically attach your book to your email, or it will pop up a window asking if you would like to attach that file to your email, to which you say "Yes". |
| 6ixStringJack: So if you can see your book in the RIGHT pane inside File Exploer, this is the document that you want to attach into your email that you will be sending to yourself. There are many ways to attach this, but this should be the easiest method for you to do if all of the above are true. Try to attach this document to an email and send it to your own email address and let me know what the outcome is. |
| 6ixStringJack: If yes, and you're opening it through File Explorer and from within your "Documents" folder, this is the document you need to drag and drop into your email. (I'm assuming when you say "documents on your start box" that either you or somebody else set up a folder called "Documents" on your "Desktop", or they put a "Shortcut" to your actual "Documents" folder set up by default by Microsoft on a new install). |
| 6ixStringJack: Okay. So you can open it up in Microsoft Word and you're actually looking at the document that you can edit in Microsoft Word when you open it? I'm specifically asking about your most current version. |