Problems with Microsoft Word for Mac 'Invisible' files

I've seen quite a few posts about how to deal with the dreaded 'invisible' files issue in Mac OS. I had this problem for a while on a server I'd connected to my Mac Mini (running High Sierra 10.13.6). I would save a file to a folder and it simply wasn't there. When I tried to copy over the file again it said I couldn't because an invisible file with that name was already there.

Word creates these 'invisible' files as holding documents while you're working on the file, but sometimes they don't evaporate when you've finished.

Here a fix that I found worked fine ......

HOLD CMD+SHIFT and press [.] Invisible file will show.

You can then delete the invisible file, and proceed as normal.

This process will also 'reveal' other invisible files you have hanging around.

Use same shortcut to hide them again, or delete them if you prefer.

Hope this is of use.

JOSEPH KELLY