I doubt that is the case. It is more likely that the temp files were part of
Word's normal activities. These are usually removed when the document and
Word are correctly closed. That the three temp files are still present and
you cannot find the documents leads me to guess that some serious hiccup
occurred and Word closed without saving the documents at all.
Terry
: When I do an indepth search, it comes up as a shortcut and of course the
: shortcut cannot be found. Do you know what I did to cause these 3 files
to
: be saved as temporary files?? I'd like to steer clear of doing that
again!!
: Im assuming I now need to just redo the documents, yes??
:
: "TF" wrote:
:
: > Where ever you saved it. If you can remember the filename, search for it
in
: > Windows Explorer. Don't limit it to doc files just in case you saved it
as
: > something different.
: >
: > --
: > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
:
: >
: > : > : So where is the document that I can open??
: > :
: > : "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
: > :
: > : > Any document beginning with ~$ is a temporary file. Don't try to
open
: > it.
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > : > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > : > Words into Type
: > : > Fairhope, Alabama USA
: > :
: > : > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: > newsgroup so
: > : > all may benefit.
: > : >
: > : > : > : > > I am trying to open 3 word documents that I created and saved.
The
: > only
: > : > > window that opens is a FILE CONVERSION WINDOW. How do I get my
: > document
: > : > to
: > : > > open. The documents, for some unknown reason have the symbols ~$
in
: > the
: > : > > beginning of the file name-have no idea why--HELP
: > : >
: > : >
: >
: >
: >
