What Does A Blue Square With White "> >" On My MS Office File Icons On The Desktop Mean?

It's part of Norton backup.    Here's there info:

Backup Status Icon Overlays
When you enable the backup icon overlays, Norton Security Suite adds a backup status icon to the files, based on the following conditions:

The files belong to a backup file category that you included in any of the Backup Sets.

The files are located at a source that you included in any of the Backup Sets.

The following table lists the backup status overlay icons for the files on your PC:

Green icon with a check mark
Indicates that the file has been backed up

This icon changes to blue icon with arrows if you modify the file.

Blue icon with arrows
Indicates that the file has not been backed up

This icon changes to green when Norton Security Suite automatically backs up the file during idle time.

Gray icon with a slash mark
Indicates that the file has been excluded from backup

Norton Security Suite displays a Disabled backup status on a file when you exclude the file from any of the Backup Sets.


You can use the Properties option to view more details about the backup status icons. The Backup tab in the Properties dialog box lists the state of the file for each Backup Set and the last backup time.

You can turn off the Backup Status Overlays icon if you do not want to see the icons.