Disable the new AutoSave by default, as it can lead to a loss of data
The new AutoSave can potentially lead to a loss of data. If you open any Word, PowerPoint, etc. doc, there is an "AutoSave" that is automatically on, on the upper left. If you're changing some stuff around and don't want to save, it still saves it. Or if you delete some things and then save as copy, your original is gone, because AutoSave was on. This is a horrible feature and should be disabled by default.
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Charlie Chen
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We see two patterns in this feedback thread and are addressing them now. The first pattern is that users want AutoSave OFF. The second pattern is that the Template scenarios are problematic with AutoSave.
To address turning AutoSave OFF, we have implemented these capabilities:
1. To avoid accidental edits by others, the owner of a file can set it to Always Open Read-Only. This can be done by setting the file to open in Read-Only Recommended (File > Info > Protect Document/ Workbook/ Presentation > Always Open in Read-Only) or by Sharing the file without allowing others to edit (File > Share > People with the link can edit > Uncheck the “Allow Editing” box).
2. Users can turn AutoSave OFF for a file. While a document is open, clicking the AutoSave toggle turns AutoSave OFF for the current document for that user. The next time the same user opens the document, AutoSave will be OFF. If they open a different document, AutoSave will not be affected by their choice in the other document.
3. Users can set AutoSave to be OFF by default for all files opened in that specific application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Go into File > Options > Save (to set AutoSave settings)
These are described in more detail in this support article: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/what-it-administrators-should-know-about-autosave-88e0f80f-e5ea-441b-9c5a-259f08490ae7
To address the Template scenarios, we have released a new dialog reminding the user to “Save a Copy” prior to using an existing template if you want to save changes only in the new document. This is in the Production and Semi-Annual channel today.
If you have any questions or additional feedback on these features – please email us directly at: OfficeAutoSave@Microsoft.com
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Fredrik Lindeberg
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In a technical sense autosave should always be accompanied with a versioning feature. Autosave is not allowed to remove information, only save the representation visible to the user, only explicit user interaction should ever be allowed to permanently alter the state of any document.
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Kenneth Jones
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This feature is terrible. Thank you for just destroying 6 weeks of my work by overwriting my data with changes that I didn't want to go into the original document. I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't been sued over this yet. Now how do I get my original data back?
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Anonymous
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please allow to disable autosave in all online version like Excel or Word online.
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Joseph Ng
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Worst design ever. Unless you can have the conversion workflow transform all documents setting created in the OneDrive/Sharepoint to be open in Read-Only, there is no way to make change on tons of files migrating to OneDrive/Sharepoint.
And this worst design hurts excel most.
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John
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Does anyone know why every time Excel is opened the "Document Recovery" sidebar opens and thinks I've lost everyhting I've ever worked on? I save locally and there is no issue, but Excel thinks I've lost files everytime I use the program, and bugs me to save different copies or save over something else. Do they require you to save to one drive or something?
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Anonymous
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I got an email delivery failure when emailing OfficeAutoSave@microsoft.com - @edsavage is this still the correct email?
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Why not change the behavior of auto-save so that the changes are written to a separate change document or section and only merged into the main document during and actual save event? You could even keep the change document attached to the main doc to track and roll back changes.
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dries
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We need this feature, since combined with auto open in edit mode when having contribute permissions, this can really do some harm to our data...
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Roger
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SOLUTION THAT WORKED FOR ME
I found that I had to change TWO settings to turn off this "Google docs"-like mode for Office documents on OneDrive and get back to the basic functionality that I had with Dropbox.
1) In Word, Excel, etc.: File/Options/Save: Deselect AutoSave option
2) In OneDrive: Right-click OneDrive icon, select Settings, select Office, and then deselect "Use Office applications to synk Office files that I open".
Word, Excel, etc. no longer autosaves old documents the first time I open them on Onedrive.