Panic

Panic

If for some inexplicable reason when you have written a document in Word it saves it as .dot etc., here is the start of a panic attack.

Why?, because when you click to open the folder where you store those particular documents ( You store the copies here rather than printing a copy and keeping it in a filling cabinet),

The Folder displays that the Folder is Empty

__Panic, Stop, where is my 40-50 letters of the last 5 years?__ [ b]The computer as crashed out, Oh no I have a Virus, I have been Hacked, etc. etc.[ /b] You repeatedly try to save the document and the same result comes up.

Stop Stand up Go make a cup of Coffee Sit down in an easy chair Relax

There is no reason to Panic.

Why?, because the computer is doing its’ job correctly, it is telling you that the Folder is empty of *. dot files, that is all. It as not opened it as:- All files but as:- .dot files, your stored documents are still there safe and sound.

Phew!!!

If only Microsoft had displayed the message as The Folder is Empty of .dot files. All that trauma would never have happened.  