Why is there a "~" in a Microsoft Word document?


  1. letsdoamazing
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    Why is there a "~" in a Microsoft Word document?


    Its like a hidden file on my desktop when I open a document.
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  3. logicearth
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    Temporary file Word uses.
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  4. letsdoamazing
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    What is its use?
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  6. logicearth
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    Anything it deems it wants to use it for?
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  7. Jacee
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    See this Answers.com - What is the tilde used for
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  8. MacGyvr
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    Jacee said:
    See this Answers.com - What is the tilde used for
    That has absolutely nothing to do with the OP's question.
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  10. GeneO
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    It is a journal file. It captures the changes you make to your document in case there is a crash of the app. Then when you reopen the file it will apply the changes to your document from the journal file if it exists. It only dumps to this file every so often, so some changes may be lost.
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  11. Jacee
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    MacGyvr said:
    Jacee said:
    See this Answers.com - What is the tilde used for
    That has absolutely nothing to do with the OP's question.
    Well, actually it does...
    A tilde is sometimes confused with a swung dash (usually lengthened to ～) which is used in dictionaries to indicate the omission of a word.
    It's an abbreviation.
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  12. GeneO
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    Jacee said:
    MacGyvr said:
    Jacee said:
    See this Answers.com - What is the tilde used for
    That has absolutely nothing to do with the OP's question.
    Well, actually it does...
    A tilde is sometimes confused with a swung dash (usually lengthened to ～) which is used in dictionaries to indicate the omission of a word.
    It's an abbreviation.
    No it doesn't. The OP is talking referring to a word file whose name starts with a tilde.
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  13. Britton30
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    letsdoamazing said:
    Its like a hidden file on my desktop when I open a document.
    Yes it is as GeneO explained, it is a temp hidden file and will disappear when the Word doc is closed. As for the ~ in the file name, I dunno why. Maybe to use so the system recognises it as a temp updateable file.
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