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SAVED WORD DOCUMENTS HAVE A ~$ IN FRONT OF THEM AND ARE GREYED OU.
Some of my saved word documents have the "tilde" and a dollar sign in front
of them and the saved document name has been altered. When I open them there is no content. I did figure out that if I rename them to their original name some will open with correct contents, not all though. Even after doing this the Word icon is still very light colored, not like it should be. Any help with this would be appreciated. I am running Windows XP Pro SP1 with Microsoft Office XP Pro 2002. Thank you in advance for any help... |
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Those files are not document files. They are "owner" or "lock"
files--temporary files created when you open a document and deleted when you close it. See €śDescription of how Word creates temporary files€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "toonei" wrote in message ... Some of my saved word documents have the "tilde" and a dollar sign in front of them and the saved document name has been altered. When I open them there is no content. I did figure out that if I rename them to their original name some will open with correct contents, not all though. Even after doing this the Word icon is still very light colored, not like it should be. Any help with this would be appreciated. I am running Windows XP Pro SP1 with Microsoft Office XP Pro 2002. Thank you in advance for any help... |
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Thank you Suzanne for the help. Looking at the link you posted if I am
reading it correctly. The temporary file that Word creates should be automatically deleted after Word is closed, is this correct? I have may Word docs in my My Documents folder and only about a dozen of these "temp" files that never are deleted. So, I should have the original document where Word is storing my files, and if so, these temp ones that keep hanging around are safe to delete? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Those files are not document files. They are "owner" or "lock" files--temporary files created when you open a document and deleted when you close it. See €śDescription of how Word creates temporary files€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "toonei" wrote in message ... Some of my saved word documents have the "tilde" and a dollar sign in front of them and the saved document name has been altered. When I open them there is no content. I did figure out that if I rename them to their original name some will open with correct contents, not all though. Even after doing this the Word icon is still very light colored, not like it should be. Any help with this would be appreciated. I am running Windows XP Pro SP1 with Microsoft Office XP Pro 2002. Thank you in advance for any help... |
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With Word closed, it is safe to delete any temp files that have been
created. They often do get left open when Word crashes. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "toonei" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne for the help. Looking at the link you posted if I am reading it correctly. The temporary file that Word creates should be automatically deleted after Word is closed, is this correct? I have may Word docs in my My Documents folder and only about a dozen of these "temp" files that never are deleted. So, I should have the original document where Word is storing my files, and if so, these temp ones that keep hanging around are safe to delete? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Those files are not document files. They are "owner" or "lock" files--temporary files created when you open a document and deleted when you close it. See €śDescription of how Word creates temporary files€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "toonei" wrote in message ... Some of my saved word documents have the "tilde" and a dollar sign in front of them and the saved document name has been altered. When I open them there is no content. I did figure out that if I rename them to their original name some will open with correct contents, not all though. Even after doing this the Word icon is still very light colored, not like it should be. Any help with this would be appreciated. I am running Windows XP Pro SP1 with Microsoft Office XP Pro 2002. Thank you in advance for any help... |
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Suzanne, Thank you very much for the help.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: With Word closed, it is safe to delete any temp files that have been created. They often do get left open when Word crashes. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "toonei" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne for the help. Looking at the link you posted if I am reading it correctly. The temporary file that Word creates should be automatically deleted after Word is closed, is this correct? I have may Word docs in my My Documents folder and only about a dozen of these "temp" files that never are deleted. So, I should have the original document where Word is storing my files, and if so, these temp ones that keep hanging around are safe to delete? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Those files are not document files. They are "owner" or "lock" files--temporary files created when you open a document and deleted when you close it. See €śDescription of how Word creates temporary files€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "toonei" wrote in message ... Some of my saved word documents have the "tilde" and a dollar sign in front of them and the saved document name has been altered. When I open them there is no content. I did figure out that if I rename them to their original name some will open with correct contents, not all though. Even after doing this the Word icon is still very light colored, not like it should be. Any help with this would be appreciated. I am running Windows XP Pro SP1 with Microsoft Office XP Pro 2002. Thank you in advance for any help... |