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Normally when you save a file it would look like this (I have Office 365).

Also, does toggling the Show icon preview setting, via Show View Options, have any effect.

To do this right click on any word file in the finder and choose get info.

You may need to force a refresh by selecting a finder window and under View Show View Options and change the icon size up and down to force a refresh.

Does this issue apply to all Word documents On my Mac, if I deactivate the Show icon preview feature in Finder, I notice that Word documents of different vintages have different generic icons.

I am paying for Office 365 as I mentioned, so I believe and hope it is the newest version.

Are you sure its a.docx file and not a.doc file Have you tried changing it from one file type to another, to see if the icon changes If that doesnt work then maybe the icon cacheservices is corrupt.

My icons for various Word file typesextensions are: View attachment 952742.

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Issue With Word For Mac