file name

[Guest]

hello:
my customer has called this morning and says when she goes to open her saved
word documents, there is the symbol ~$ in front of her documents. I have
seen this before on my unit also. Is this a backup document, or is this when
a documents hasn't been closed properly? It showed up today but she was out
of the office yesterday?
Thank you for your assistance.

steve

 

[Guest]

Files named with ~$ are Word's working scratch files while a document is
open. Noramlly, these are deleted when a document is closed, but will remain
if Word crashes, or is terminated with Task Manager. If no word files are
open, these can be safely deleted.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is the "owner file" created when you create or open a document. For
more information, see “Description of how Word creates temporary files†at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632

Ordinarily the owner file is deleted when you close a document. If Word
hangs, the system crashes, or you lose power, these temporary files will
remain and can be deleted with impunity when the file is not open; see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

thank you for your help.

steve

This is the "owner file" created when you create or open a document. For
more information, see “Description of how Word creates temporary files†at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632

Ordinarily the owner file is deleted when you close a document. If Word
hangs, the system crashes, or you lose power, these temporary files will
remain and can be deleted with impunity when the file is not open; see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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all may benefit.