


doc (Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)) in Word 2010, upgrade to install Word 2013, open or create a new document may also have Word compatibility mode problem. Similarly, if you set the default format of saving document to. doc (Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)) in Word 2007, upgrade to install Word 2010 or Word 2013, opening or creating a new document will have Word compatibility mode problem, even if it is uninstalled and then installed. They don’t take up much space – they are only 1kb in size, but it is good housekeeping to get rid of them.Why are my word documents opening in compatibility mode or Microsoft Word 2013 new document compatibility mode? Generally speaking, if you set the default format of saving document to.

If you see a group of files like this in your folder and you know that the related files are not open, they are perfectly safe to delete. If the program crashes or “terminates early” then these files will often times be left over and look as shown above. So if you have the option set in Windows Explorer under Folder Options to “Show hidden files and folders”, when you open a file, you see another file open as described above with a tilde in front of it, and the icon in front of this file name is grayed out (this is the standard operation for most, but not all programs). This file contains information about which user has the file open, to prevent multiple users from attempting to change a document at the same time.” For example, when you open a Word document called “Document1.doc,” a file called “~$cument1.doc” is created in the same directory. From Wikipedia: “ The tilde symbol is used to prefix hidden temporary files that are created when a document is opened in Windows.

If you’ve always wondered what these files are, read on. You’ve probably seen files in your file folders with tildes (~) in front of them like this: What’s that ~ squiggly mark in front of my filenames?
