Document Disappeared in Binder

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I dropped a document onto a folder in the binder, then couldn’t get it back! Where did it go, and more importantly how do I get it back?

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It can’t just disappear. Chances are it just accidently landed somewhere unexpected. There are a few ways to look.

First make sure your binder is expanded and is showing all sub-documents. Is the missing doc ‘hiding’ inside another doc or folder?

Check your Scrivener “Trash” folder. This is where anything that was accidently “deleted” would land. It’s a fail-safe, and requires a second click to empty the trash.

Search for a word or phrase you know was part of the missing doc.

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Could use a bit more info here …

  • how did you “drop” it?
  • from where did you grab it (original location)?
  • if using “drag and drop” is the document still in its original location.
  • exactly where in Binder did you drop it? Below “Drafts” or below some other parent folder?
  • what was the document type? (DOCX, DOC, PNG, RTF, … )
  • did you look in Trash for the document?
  • If you open up all the folders in the Binder, does the document appear?
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Guys, thanks. Expanding and some spelunking turned up the item.

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The other way to search is search by date created/ modified and will see list of recently changed/ created documents.

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