Say goodbye to “save as”—Word wants all your docs in OneDrive now
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Microsoft’s latest change means your files are cloud-first, whether you like it or not.

In a move that could redefine how millions work, Microsoft is steering Word users toward the cloud, sparking debates over convenience, control, and the future of local storage.

Microsoft Word logo in Windows 11 Search. Word and OneDrive just got a lot closer. (Image credit: Windows Central) Microsoft held a special OneDrive and Copilot event today where it announced a number of new features for the cloud-storage service. Buried in the announcements is one change that Microsoft is soon making to Word that might ruffle some feathers among those who are still pushing back against OneDrive and the cloud.

“Starting today, new documents in Word desktop on Windows (Insiders) now save directly to OneDrive, with autosave enabled,” says Microsoft. This means that creating new documents in Word in the future will automatically save said documents to your OneDrive storage, with autosave enabled from the get-go.

The change is designed to make it easier for users to back up and access their documents across devices, but some might find Word attempting to automatically upload documents to the cloud by default to be a privacy concern. Many will likely not even notice that Word’s behavior has changed, as the entire saving and backup process is automatic.

  • Xanthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Like small ones? I’ve worked for a few corporations, and the only Microsoft products we used (other than the OS) were Outlook and Excel. We were specifically told DO NOT OPEN WORD DOCUMENTS. Maybe that’s just me.

    • SpicyLengthiness@lemmy.caEnglish
      91·
      4 days ago

      Lol what. Every person I know that works in a corporate environment uses Microsoft’s entire suite. Never heard of anything else. I don’t like it either, but every corporation does it.

      • Xanthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        210·
        4 days ago

        What the fuck corporations are you working for? I worked for Petco, Geico, and Spectrum (I’m sorry, I know their services suck). We were taught and TOLD not to do that. We were told IF YOU OPEN A MICROSOFT OFFICE DOCUMENT, IT’S A PHISHING EMAIL AND IT’S GOING TO RUN A MACRO.

        Dog, I’m honestly getting pissed off.

        • kadu@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          How would that logic make any sense? If you’re worried about macros as a vector for attack when opening Microsoft Word files… why would you accept Excel files, that can also contain macros?