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Save your files to the cloud more easily

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The_Office_Apps_Team
Brass Contributor
Jan 25, 2019

To protect against device loss or damage and to provide anywhere access to files, we recommend storing them in Office 365. Last June we announced https://aka.ms/TechCommunity/KFM (KFM) in OneDrive for customers on Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10. Known Folder Move provides an easy way to redirect your desktop documents and folders to OneDrive, making OneDrive the default location for those files. With KFM, your content is automatically synced to OneDrive with no disruption to productivity.

 

Today we are announcing a new capability that makes it easier for you to create and save your Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document directly to the cloud. When you go to save an Office365 document using Ctrl+S (Windows), Cmd+S (macOS), or the Save button, the new dialog box will default to OneDrive or SharePoint Online. And if you forget to save a new document before exiting, you will also see this updated save experience.

 

Once a document is saved in the cloud, you can easily rename the file and change the location from the title bar. This ability to save your document to the cloud directly from Word, Excel, or PowerPoint will roll out to Office 365 on Windows and Mac beginning in February. 

 

These features, along with https://aka.ms/TechCommunity/OneDriveOD-MAC, are part of our investments in making it easier for you to get your files into the cloud. By saving to the cloud, you will be able to securely access your most important documents from any device and start collaborating with others from the get go.

Updated Jan 25, 2019
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35 Comments

  • markm66's avatar
    markm66
    Iron Contributor

    I certainly hope the default can be changed. We require all files be saved to our own servers.

  • alastair87's avatar
    alastair87
    Copper Contributor

    Can the default for this still be amended? I use Dropbox for my cloud storage even in Office since I also have a need to sync the contents locally on Linux where OneDrive isn't supported - hence I have it set to a local folder which happens to be inside my Dropbox. I would hope it's going to be possible to adjust this.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous

    Hope Metadata Tagging can be included in this dialog box too.

  • wroot's avatar
    wroot
    Silver Contributor

    What if files has to be saved to some other place most of the time? This will increase time spend saving documents. KFM already works, so if someone saves a file locally, it is still synced. If they save it to other place, that other place presumably already has backup solution. I don't see a point of forcing this default.