Lost Files
Losing an important file is one of those uniquely frustrating experiences in life. If you've looked in all of the most likely locations (like your home folder), try one of the following:
- Recent Documents
Select Places ▸ Recent Documents to see whether the missing file is in the list of recently edited files. If it was an office document, try the File ▸ Recent Documents menu in OpenOffice.org too.
- Basic search
The basic Search for Files tool is useful only if you can remember part of the file's name. Select Places ▸ Search, type part of the file's name in the Name contains box, and click Search. It might turn up in the list of search results.
- Heavy-duty search
The more advanced Tracker search tool can look inside documents, which is handy ...
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