Word for Windows places this copy in the Windows Temp directory. If you attach a locked template, Word for Windows automatically makes a copy of the file in the Temp directory. This copy of a locked file does not automatically update the original owner's file. This scratch file holds information that is swapped out from the Word for Windows internal file cache, which is allocated from global system memory. You can prevent Word from having to write to the scratch file by allocating more RAM for Word to use internally.
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When Word copies and pastes between documents, it may create a temporary file in the same directory as the source file, especially if the source file is saved or closed. The temporary file represents the information that was referenced by the Clipboard prior to saving the file. Word automatically deletes this temporary file when the original file is closed from memory. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.