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Oct 29, 2017

Excel Autosave

I Have Office 365 installed in Windows 10 PC. The Excel Version is 1708 Build 8431.2107. I am not able to see the Auto Save icon on the top left corner. I have tried to open the file from One drive b...
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SergeiBaklan
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Nov 09, 2017

That is the bug

 

AutoSave is missing from the Office toolbar [FIXED]

Last updated: September 29, 2017

ISSUE

AutoSave is no longer available or appearing in the Office toolbar in Office 2016 Version 1707 (Build 8326.2058) or higher.

STATUS: PARTIALLY FIXED

For Excel: This issue is now fixed in Version 1708 (Build 8431.2094). To get the update immediately, open any Office 2016 app and choose File > Account > Update Options > Update Now.

For Word: We are working on a releasing the fix soon. Thanks for your patience.

 

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Fixes-or-workarounds-for-recent-issues-in-Excel-for-Windows-49d932ce-0240-49cf-94df-1587d9d97093?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

 

 

 

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ToddSeward-TCS
Copper Contributor
Feb 08, 2024

I would just keep AutoSave Off -- what a nightmare of a feature. Thankfully, I was able to get the previous version of my file back, but I would go with your company's source control software (e.g.  Git, SVN, TFS, etc.) instead of AutoSave.

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