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Clarification on OneDrive and Autosave
I believe I understand the basic concepts involved with the Autosave feature (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). And I understand the concepts around OneDrive and syncing the contents of the one drive folder....
- Hi, have a look at the official docs for some detailed info on the feature (as soon as you save to OneDrive it's enabled if you have an eligible subscription).
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-is-autosave-6d6bd723-ebfd-4e40-b5f6-ae6e8088f7a5
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-turn-on-autosave-dbd19b49-ff3a-48f5-8294-671e33a6712c
Hi, have a look at the official docs for some detailed info on the feature (as soon as you save to OneDrive it's enabled if you have an eligible subscription).
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-is-autosave-6d6bd723-ebfd-4e40-b5f6-ae6e8088f7a5
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-turn-on-autosave-dbd19b49-ff3a-48f5-8294-671e33a6712c
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-is-autosave-6d6bd723-ebfd-4e40-b5f6-ae6e8088f7a5
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-turn-on-autosave-dbd19b49-ff3a-48f5-8294-671e33a6712c
ChristianJBergstrom Thank you for responding and for the links. I read them and Yes, I do understand those--it was how I assumed it worked.. My question was about something different. However As I started to recreate the situation for screen shots, I now see that feature is working as expected--something has been corrected or changed since the last time I ran into this. So as this no longer happens, my question is now moot.
What used to happen: In my environment, AutoSave defaulted off (when it was rolled out it created more problems than it solved). Up until recently if I created, say a spreadsheet, and saved it in My Document and Closed it. Later I move the file from my documents to the OneDrive folder, ReOpened and enable Auto-Save, I would be prompted to upload it to OneDrive (odd since I had already moved the file to folder and I would have expected it to be synced and recognized as being on OneDrive).
Thank you again.
