.docx file completely disappeared

A .docx file I created yesterday has completely disappeared. I saved it either to my dropbox or my desktop (mac os x 10.8.5). I could not find it by name, content, date created either in spotlight or in time machine. In my Office 2011 Autorecovery folder it was also missing; in fact, in that folder there is nothing more recent than 2013-09. What should my next step be?
Thanks in advance!

I had this same thing happen.
I was going crazy. I discovered this program and used it on my work PC and was able to get the file off my Flip camera even though it was "erased". Good luck
https://www.piriform.com/recuva

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