Create blank/unsaved documents in OneDrive
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Hi guys,
Is there a way with OneDrive/Word that once you create a word document it automatically saves to OneDrive with a name of "document1" so that the "auto save" feature is turned on and already working? A great example is how Google Docs works - I create
a new "untitled" document and before I "save" or give it an official name it's already saving changes to the cloud in real time.I have a customer that starts work on multiple world files without remembering to save. He has a tendency to then lose said documents when his computer does windows updates/crashes/etc. I've convinced him that he can't trust the Auto Recovery system. I thought there was a way with One Drive that the file gets created by default in OneDrive so it's automatically saving as you go, even if it's saving as "document1," but I can't seem to make this work. One option is to right click in the OneDrive folder, select new word document, not rename (use default which is "New Microsoft Word Document") and then open it...but that's kind of a weird work flow.
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Is he using local Word? Or Word online? I believe Word online already does what you want.
No clue about local Word.
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Yeah he's using local word. You're correct - online word does exactly this. Considering having him start documents there....
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@frodooftheshire Well yeah, there is no local Google Doc since it all works in Chrome so it is not a real comparison but I get it.
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will this do what you want? -
yeah I don't think this will do what you want either.
This boils down to user behavior. If they refuse to use the tools as designed, there's not a lot you can do.
Removing local Word might be your only option, along with the rest of the Office package, make them do everything on the web.
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@frodooftheshire said in Create blank/unsaved documents in OneDrive:
I have a customer that starts work on multiple world files without remembering to save. He has a tendency to then lose said documents when his computer does windows updates/crashes/etc.
The problem here is with Word. He's using locally installed Word which is much less robust. It keeps your document in memory only until you tell it to start protecting it. You have to kick off the initial save because you have to select where to save it.
From his behaviour, it's the online version that he needs, not the local installation.
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@Dashrender said in Create blank/unsaved documents in OneDrive:
yeah I don't think this will do what you want either.
This boils down to user behavior. If they refuse to use the tools as designed, there's not a lot you can do.
Removing local Word might be your only option, along with the rest of the Office package, make them do everything on the web.
Pretty much. He either needs to use the tool correctly, or switch to a tool that doesn't let him make all these decisions like "where" to put the file.
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You could look at changing the autosave to 1 min instead of 10.. no idea how that will impact the system.
