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Word will save new documents to the cloud by default.
AutoSave will also be enabled by default.
You can turn off these options if you prefer to save your files locally.
Microsoft has long been pushing Office and OneDrive users to save their documents to the cloud by default. Now, the company is getting even more aggressive with a feature coming to Microsoft Word.
AutoSave is the default
Currently rolling out to Windows Insiders is a new cloud-first creation process for people who use Word and OneDrive, Microsoft revealed in a OneDrive presentation on Wednesday. Any document you try to save for the first time will, by default, be saved to your online OneDrive space. Further, the AutoSave option will also be turned on, meaning your documents will automatically be saved periodically, but again to the cloud.
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