In the image below, I have opened a Workbook from my OneDrive Account, where we notice that the AutoSave button is faded out and not working. We can notice also the Notification Screen Tip, informing us that: Once we open our Workbook from OneDrive, we notice at the top left corner the AutoSave button which is turned On, as shown in the image below. For this post though, I will select my OneDrive Personal account and open a Workbook. Once selected, in the middle of the drop-down menu and under the Open area, I have all the available locations that I can choose from to open a particular Workbook.

In the image below, I have opened Microsoft Excel and have moved to Backstage View and from the drop-down menu that appeared, from left I have selected the command Open. If the Document, Workbook or Presentation contains Personal Information. The AutoSave button will be not turned on and faded out under the following circumstances: When we open a Document, a Workbook or a Presentation from OneDrive, the AutoSave button is always turned on. We can notice also the Notification Screen Tip, informing us that:ĪutoSave Is On: We Are Automatically Saving Your Changes For You Once we open our Document from OneDrive, we notice at the top left corner the AutoSave button which is turned On, as shown in the image below. For this post though, I will select my OneDrive Personalaccount and open a Document. Once selected, in the middle of the drop-down menu and under the Open area, I have all the available locations that I can choose from to open a particular Document. In the image below, I have opened Microsoft Word and have moved to Backstage View and from the drop-down menu that appears from the left I have selected the command Open. If other people are working on the same File, with AutoSave they can see our changes in just a few seconds.įirst of all, we must open a File that is stored in our OneDrive Account. What does it do? It automatically saves changes to the Cloud while we are working on it. AutoSave is enabled by default when a File is stored on OneDrive or SharePoint Online.

The AutoSave feature has arrived for Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365 and Microsoft PowerPoint 365. Things like the above have happened to us many times.

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