Suzanne
Sun Apr 17 11:40:20 CDT 2005
And then when you go to look for Normal.dot, you will not be able to find
it. I prefer Jay's solution.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"claruspaw@ntlworld.com" <claruspawntlworldcom@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:2FF449F1-5FFD-4BA7-9BBA-A1EC6165A4C0@microsoft.com...
> Files/folders which appear as almost transparent icons are, in fact,
"hidden"
> files/folders, which can take up a lot of space in your viewing area, and
can
> become very irritating. You can, to all intents and purposes, get rid of
them
> visually. From the Start menu, select Control Panel/Folder Options, then
on
> the View tab, select "Do not show hidden files". Click on "Apply" and
"OK".
>
> claruspaw
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:59:01 -0700, Lady_1
> > <Lady_1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Every change I make to my open document is saved to my desktop as a
different
> > >version? they show up as almost transparent *.tmp files. I have Word
2003. it
> > >appears as ~$ and then the document name. a lot of times I don't even
have to
> > >make any changes, it appears on the desktop when I simply minimize the
> > >document. Can anyone help me with where to change this setting?
> >
> > Read the article
> > How Word for Windows Uses Temporary Files
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632
> > for an explanation of why and where Word creates these files. Many of
> > them *must* be in the same folder as the original document because of
> > the way they're created and used.
> >
> > If you store any document on the desktop and edit it with Word, at
> > least some of its temp files *will* appear on the desktop while it's
> > open -- you can't change that. However, they should disappear when you
> > close Word. If that doesn't happen, you'll have to delete them
> > manually, as explained at
> >
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
> >
> > If you never store any documents on the desktop, but instead store
> > them in other folders, you'll never see the temp files unless you go
> > looking for them. You can put a shortcut to a document on the desktop,
> > so it's just as convenient as having the document itself there, but
> > the temp files will be created in the folder with the real document.
> >
> > If there are documents you use very often over long periods, you may
> > be interested in a little-known feature of Word called the Work menu
> > (
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm).
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jay Freedman
> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
> >