Saving One Document Twice

[LaTonya]

When I save a document in Word, it is saving the file
twice under the same name. When I go back and make
changes to the document it save it as two documents so now
I have 3 of the same documents, only one is updated.
Can you help...Did I explain my problem, in an
understandable way...
Thanks

 

[Jay Freedman]

When I save a document in Word, it is saving the file
twice under the same name. When I go back and make
changes to the document it save it as two documents so now
I have 3 of the same documents, only one is updated.
Can you help...Did I explain my problem, in an
understandable way...

No, I'm afraid you didn't. The only way you can have two files with
the same name is if they're in different folders. Within a single
folder, one name identifies one file. Where are these three files you
mentioned? How can you tell they're the same document? What are the
times listed for them in Explorer?

 

[LaTonya]

Sorry for the poor explaination.
I am having a file that I save say..."Tonya", save twice
as Tonya in the same folder, "My Documents". When I go
back to edit the file "Tonya" and save it again, it save
my edited file twice. So now I have the copy that isn't
editted, and the two that are editted. An they are all in
My Documents. I open them all looking for my updated
file. At first (before editting) the two files are the
same size, after editting the two editted files are the
same size, but the other uneditted file isn't the same
size.
Did I explain this better...I hope so, thanks
Tonya

 

[Jay Freedman]

We're still not connecting the dots here, but I think I can see a
possible explanation...

I suspect you have Explorer (and Word's File > Open dialog, which gets
its configuration from Explorer) set to hide extensions. The files
*must* have different extensions, because that's the *only* way you
can have more than one file in the same folder with the same (visible)
name.

In Windows Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options and click the View
tab. Clear the checkbox labeled "Hide extensions for known file
types".

Now look at your three files. Do they have different extensions? What
are they?

 

[Phil]

Maybe "hidden files" are also showing? If you see files named
"~LaTonya" or "~LaTonya.doc", ignore them. These are not for you.
Microsoft Word creates them for its own evil use.