Files in Document folder disappear

Started my computer this evening only to find that the folder “Documents” in Finder was empty. When I closed down yesterday there were documents and subdirectories in it. Using “Word” or “XL” I can open the documents which supports that they are not lost. When I try to save an open document back to the directory “Documents” I get a message advising that the file (document) already exits. 
When I search for a known document in Spotlight the properties state that it is located in the “Documents” folder
Why can’t I see the contents of the “Documents” folder in “Finder”

Do a backup.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist.  Move the .plist to your desktop.
Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the same, return the .plist to where you got it  from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this. 

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