Why these BACKUP DOCX files in my new Word 2013?

WHAT THE HECK IS GOIN' ON WITH MY NEW WORD PROGRAM AND THIS STINKIN' COMPUTER?

I've modified or created many more DOCs & DOCXs and they all seem to have behaved properly but I just found three listed as "Backup" and what's REALLY weird is that when I look down in the list alphabetically without that "Backup of" added to the file names, I find:

1. the 1st one is down below as a .DOCX

2. the 2nd one isn't down there at all but I remember renaming it without the words "if a" in the name and capitalizing WITHOUT DETAILS so that it would be easier to find later if I needed it.

3. the 3rd one, which is also a .WBK in that list above, is down below as a .DOCX

Answer
Answer
Note that Word creates backups, with the *.wbk extension, if you have "Always create backup copy" selected at File tab | Options | Advanced (look in the "Save" section).
Stefan Blom
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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 324 Applies to: