Lately, when I work on a Word document, a dimmed copy appears underneath, but a few pages earlier, and has a spinner that doesn't stop. I have to close Word to get rid of it. What is this, I've never seen it before!



Thanks!

If you mean you can see a copy in your file system, that'll be a temp file Word creates. You should leave that file alone.

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Paul Edstein
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No, it's not a file.

When I'm working on a Word (2011 Mac) doc, a little later, if I drag the doc over, there's a duplicate doc, dimmed, with a spinner. It doesn't change, even when I try to click on it. And the page number is a few pages earlier. I have to close Word to get rid of it. I'm just afraid it may not save the doc if I leave it. This has never happened.

Another problem just came up; there's an "critical" update for Office 2011 Mac, which won't install, says I need OSX. I have the latest version, so what's the problem?

ACK!

Your added info suggests there may be a fault with your Office installation. For trouble-shooting tips, see:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/TroubleshootingIndex.html
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/RemoveReinstall.html
http://www.officeformacrecovery.com/

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]