..you are correct.. Apparently sometimes on some computers when email gets compressed the files get lost or corrupted. Microsoft came out with an update - It just saves a back up copy of the original file(s) to the recycle bin,,, just in case things go Kaflooie when those files are compressed.

There is also a free download called CutePDF writer. Once you download/install it shows up just like a printer so you go to print your document, select this option, and it creates a PDF file and saves it to your hard drive. We use this at work and I also use it at home.

Maybe go to Options->Advanced and under Save, make sure "Always create backup copy" is not checked?

Oh--photo print paper, etc.! I do this in a drawer intended for files--I just put some hanging folders in there, and set the paper in the folders. But that does raise the stuff in the folders up a little, and some of the outer cardboard envelopes of the sticky labels, etc., do come close to the top of the drawer. If you think that might happen to you, then just get one of those "desk sorter" or "vertical sorter," or a "pot lid rack" to go in the bottom. That will keep them from flopping over, and make it easy to pull them out. (though, some of those 'desk sorter' things are themselves raised up a bit at the bottom; if that bottom platform is very high you might have a problem, so get one w/ the flattest platform possible. Or you could cut some foam board or mat board about 4 inches too wide for the drawer, score it two inches from each end, then fold it to make a flap on each end, and then staple-gun the flaps to the walls of the drawer. That will keep the envelopes from flopping around. Just make the divider a couple of inches shorter that the drawer.