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I have a "Save" problem that appears to be related to the Finder. I say "appears" because the results are slightly different if saving from Microsoft Office or from iWork.

If I save a Microsoft Office document (doesn't matter which one) to the Desktop it does not save with the correct icon. It's always plain with the folded over corner and no colour. If one of these is attached to an email (e,g, Word) it does not get sent as a Word document.

If I save into a folder on the desktop, I get the correct document icon. However, this does not work with iWork documents.

"Pages" documents Save as the plain Jane icon whether saving to the desktop or into the folder.

I cannot think of any possible clues, except perhaps with Microsoft Office. The first time this starting happening, I had been having problems in Word with the Custom Dictionaries. I could not get Word to keep a Custom Dictionary 'checked off' for use.

ryck