View hidden files created on PC in Snow Leopard

Just recently made the transition from PC to Mac.
I had several word documents that were hidden on the PC - right click, hide file.
When I transferred all of my files to the Mac, I can't find the files and there is no way to unhide them like on the PC.
Any suggestions?
Thanks community!

I wouldn't think that the hiding mechanism is the same between Macs and Windows, though I don't really know for sure. Are you sure those files got transferred? But to answer the question, see:
http://www.macworld.com/article/51830/2006/07/showallfinder.html

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To see inside an application package select the application then CTRL- or RIGHT-click and select Show package contents from the contextual menu. You can navigate through the application package's content. It's unlikely you will find anything useful there.
To see invisible files open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder and at the command line prompt enter or paste the following command then press RETURN:
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> Therefore, i doubt the antivirus program is the causal factor here..
I wouldnt say so.
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Please tell us what specific problem you're having with the iPod. Windows troubleshooting advice won't necessarily help you and I suspect that 'viewing hidden files' isn't what you should be doing as a first step.
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