Install Open Office from http://www.openoffice.org until Microsoft supplies you a fix.
Bob
I?ve noticed a very strange thing happens when I?m working in Word 2003. I open a document and type for a while, then hit save. The name of the document changes to something like ?~wrl3980.tmp? and if I close my document then I lose all my recent work. To get around this I have to copy each document before I close it and replace the contents of the file by pasting.
I tried uninstalling/reinstalling Office and ran all updates.

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