The document was opened using Word, File, Open when it was first discovered.
I have just looked at the file structure through Windows Explorer function
and the temp files have not gone away after closing the file. In fact there
is a temp file of the large document (opened and worked and closed last
Friday), a temp file of a second large document I renamed and reclaimed after
crash (also closed / saved and last worked on last Friday) as well as 22
~WRL*.tmp files ranging in size from
1163 KB to 1225 KB. The main file size shows 1220 KB while the renamed
"repaired" version is 1162 KB.
The file appears to be very unstable in this state and the fact the .tmp
files are not going away is of concern. You say this is normal, can you
please explain.
Thanks I think I will now attempt to open the repaired version and see what
awaits me but I am very nervous about relying on it's stability.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Did you perhaps open the document using the "Recover Text from Any File"
setting? As for the creation of .tmp files, this is normal; they will be
deleted when you close the file. You don't even see them unless you are
viewing All Files in Word's File Open dialog.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Slow Learner" wrote in message
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I have a 66 page document that contains a 3 column table of data that has
been scanned into Word2002.
I formatted the tables after scanning (each page scanned created a table)
to
fit on the page (row height, width etc.) so that each table is the same.
I
also removed all paragraph markers within the cells of the tables and
between
the tables.
I saved then printed, proofed and saved the document.
I opened the supposed 66 page document and found that the formatting was
all
gone within the tables and the document was now 50 some pages! in length.
I began going through the document and reformatting using the print
version
as a guide (no longer have the figures for making the rows-columns line
up)
and looked at the directory where I was saving it to only to see that
there
are ~*.tmp files being created (I noticed these there when I looked after
opening a 55 page document but deleted them) Now they are coming back a
new
one each change I make to this document.
Why would this happen in the first place? Is the document toast and
should
I simply start again?