Recovering Lost Pages Files

Hi! I recently got a new MacBook Air that's running OS 10.9.4. I created a document using Pages and uploaded the document (I thought) to my Gmail account. I then deleted the file from my Air and emptied the Trash.
This morning, I went into my Gmail account and tried to open the Pages document. To my dismay, the document wouldn't open. Upon further examination, it does not appear to be the complete file - it's only 272 bytes.
I ran a file recovery program (Disk Drill) and it didn't turn up any Pages files. I'm hoping there is some way to recover this document, as I spent a lot of time on it. If you have any tips, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!

Do you know the name of your letter? Search for it with Spotlight, the magnifying glass on the top right of your menu. Spotlight will find keywords or names inside the document.
Also look under:
Pages > Menu > File > Open Recent
Or did you save it as 'Unnamed'?
You may have saved it into your System folder where Spotlight does not search.
EasyFind [free] whilst slow is thorough and will look everywhere.
Peter

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