Yes; it seems that the original document was saved as ".doc" and in order to close it out and save it [salvage the remainder of the document], I had to save it under a different name.. after doing so, I saw that both documents were saved as ".docx".....
Since I'm new at this 2010 version, I'm presently leaving it as is. When I've completed it, I'll save it in the two versions.... however, I think that once I removed the virus, Word will return to normal operation... [I hope]