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yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoI’m a professional writer who uses Word (out of habit). Let me assure you that it’s true. Autosave does not work on local storage or iCloud — only Microsoft OneDrive.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 days ago
If what I’m reading in Microsofts support forums are correct, there was never an auto-save-to-local function in Word though. There was the auto-recover, but that’s not the same and I believe still exists.
Auto-save seems to have been added as a onedrive-only feature.
yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I was using it for years and they literally have an autosave feature on iOS right now. You can stop typing and force-close the app and it’ll save it to your iCloud (not OneDrive) flawlessly.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 days ago
Ok so it’s on iOS, but has it ever been on the desktop versions and then removed?
yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
It was removed from the MacOS version, yes. I’ve been using Microsoft Word since 2004.