Hi Gary,
I suspect you are referring to the Owner file. This is a temporary
file created when you open a file in Word and should be automatically
deleted when the file closes.
This temp file holds the name of the user who opened the document and
is utilized in a shared environment. It a user attempts to open a file
that is already open Word will prompt them with a message along the
lines of "This file is in use by <UserName>. Do you want to make a
copy?".
Since the name of this temp file starts with a tilde (~), and if you
are sorting your files by file name in ascending order (A-Z) then they
will appear at the beginning of the folder and may fool you into
thinking it contains the actual document. However if you search for
the name of the file it should still be present in the folder.
Now if the owner file isn't deleted when you close the document then
it may be a sign of a permissions issue. If the user doesn't have
delete rights to the folder then Word will be unable to delete the
temporary file(s).
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
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Beth Melton
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