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have you checked you downloads folder?
to stop any probs in the future, assuming you are using safari, go into safari prefs and change downloads destination to desktop, or some other place you prefer.
 
Mission Control is not a place to open documents, it is a place to look through all the application windows you already have open. If you're trying to open documents from within Mission Control, it's not possible.
 
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