Is there a way to force outlook to save attachments before modify them?

I am having problems with users running Outlook 2003 on our Windows
Terminal Server (2003)making changes to email attchments (Word/Excel
docs).

They open the email, double click on the attachment to open it in
word/excel/powerpoint, read it and make changes, and then hit Save
(not "save as").

When they open the attachment, Word is actually opening a copy in a
temp folder. When they hit save, it seems to be saving it into the
temp folder.

This is creating problems.  The user later goes to find their changes
but the actual file didn't get saved in their my documents, the
changes got saved into a temp file directory in their windows profile.
  Here is the path mine uses: C:\Documents and Settings\sam\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files

The same thing is happening to users accessing email with a local
Outlook 2003 client.

Is there a way (3rd party Outlook add-in maybe?) to make it so outlook
forces them to save the attachmnet to a real directory before allowing
modification.  Maybe when a user opens an attachment, it would save it
to their my documents, and open it for them, all in one step?

I did find this link which might have some clues.
http://www.komando.com/tips_show.asp?showID=2789

thanx in advnce

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 16 Nov 2005 06:15 PST

Hi sherpaj,
 	
Using VBA to Manage Your Outlook Email Attachments
"...This tutorial came about as a result of an enquiry from a client
of mine who received each day around twenty emails, each with an
attached file. She had to open each email then save each file to disk
before working on the data they contained. It was a tedious process
and she asked me if it was possible to automate it..."
"This tutorial shows you how to create an Outlook macro which scans
your Inbox for messages that contain attachments, then saves them to a
named folder..."
http://www.fontstuff.com/outlook/oltut01.htm

Does that work for you?
hummer

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 29 Nov 2005 19:31 PST

Hi sherpaj,

Did the tutorial I posted work for you or do you still need assistance?

Regards,
hummer