I have a little black clock that appears on the lower right hand side of the
icon for some ms word 2007 files. Can someone tell me what this means and how
I can fix it?

I've never seen a clock in an icon for Word files. What is the file
extension? Are you sure it's not an exclamation point?

~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

"minnow" <minnow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a little black clock that appears on the lower right hand side of
> the
> icon for some ms word 2007 files. Can someone tell me what this means and
> how
> I can fix it?

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ar.../27/54710.aspx

Windows XP ships with a number of icon overlays.

A small arrow. Everybody knows this one: It's the shortcut overlay.
A hand, palm up. This is the "sharing" overlay. A folder with this overlay
is the root of a file share.
A downward-pointing blue arrow. This is the "to be written to CD" overlay.
A pair of blue swirling arrows. This sometimes baffles people. This means
that the item is available offline. (You have to enable offline folders to
get this.)
A black clock. This really baffles people. This means that the file has been
archived to tape and will take a very long time to access.


--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Beth Melton" <bmelton@NoSpam4Me.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Oj1GJgh2JHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I've never seen a clock in an icon for Word files. What is the file
> extension? Are you sure it's not an exclamation point?
>
> ~Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
> "minnow" <minnow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8669DEDD-4276-4F01-90BF-BBD565CF88EB@microsoft.com...
>> I have a little black clock that appears on the lower right hand side of
>> the
>> icon for some ms word 2007 files. Can someone tell me what this means and
>> how
>> I can fix it?
>

How about that?? Learn something new every day! Thanks for clarifying. :-)

~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com> wrote in message
news:#PZSS1l2JHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> A black clock. This really baffles people. This means that the file has
> been archived to tape and will take a very long time to access.
>
> "Beth Melton" <bmelton@NoSpam4Me.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:Oj1GJgh2JHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I've never seen a clock in an icon for Word files. What is the file
>> extension? Are you sure it's not an exclamation point?
>>
>> ~Beth Melton
>> Microsoft Office MVP
>>
>> "minnow" <minnow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8669DEDD-4276-4F01-90BF-BBD565CF88EB@microsoft.com...
>>> I have a little black clock that appears on the lower right hand side of
>>> the
>>> icon for some ms word 2007 files. Can someone tell me what this means
>>> and how
>>> I can fix it?
>>
>
>

My personal philosophy is that if I learn something new, I get to go home
early and get paid for a full day. Unfortunately I have yet to have a
manager who agreed with me. ;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Beth Melton" <bmelton@NoSpam4Me.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%231CUSLw2JHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> How about that?? Learn something new every day! Thanks for clarifying. :-)
>
> ~Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
> "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com> wrote in message
> news:#PZSS1l2JHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>> A black clock. This really baffles people. This means that the file has
>> been archived to tape and will take a very long time to access.
>>
>> "Beth Melton" <bmelton@NoSpam4Me.mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:Oj1GJgh2JHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> I've never seen a clock in an icon for Word files. What is the file
>>> extension? Are you sure it's not an exclamation point?
>>>
>>> ~Beth Melton
>>> Microsoft Office MVP
>>>
>>> "minnow" <minnow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:8669DEDD-4276-4F01-90BF-BBD565CF88EB@microsoft.com...
>>>> I have a little black clock that appears on the lower right hand side
>>>> of the
>>>> icon for some ms word 2007 files. Can someone tell me what this means
>>>> and how
>>>> I can fix it?
>>>
>>
>>

Can anyone tell me what the shield and key indicate on a Word 2007 file icon? I don't believe I've seen this before. Office 2007 SP2 on Vista 32 SP2.

I am thinking this icon started after SP2???? Just curious what it represents. I am guessing something to do with security (duhhhh)

Thanks.

Charlie