Is the file extension .wbk. If yes, it is a word back up file. Under
Tools/Options/Save you have "Always create back up copy" checked. See the
Microsoft Articles "Save a Back up Copy of a document" and "Open a Back up
copy of a document" in Microsoft Word Help. Search for Word Backup Files.
Hope this helps.

gap

"Lisa" wrote:

I called the "duplicate copy" a Word Work File because that is the name that
is given to it in the folder that also saves the updated word document. I am
assuming that it is a temporary file, but it isn't actiing as such because it
is still there after I close word and after the network has had days to
refresh itself.

"Anne Troy" wrote:

What is a Word Work file? Are you talking about a temporary file? Is it
still there after you close Word and the network has had a few minutes to
refresh itself?
*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com


"Lisa" wrote in message
...
After making changes to a document and then saving the document (File
Save)
to a folder that is on a network, a Word Work file is created. The Word
Work
file does not automatically disappear after I quit Word. When I go back
to
the folder on the network to access the saved document, the document is
there
and so is the Word Work file. Is there a way to make sure that the Word
Work
files are not created when saving documents?