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Office 365 AutoSave to OneDrive - how to choose the folder location where a new document is stored?
jcgonzalezmartin Yes, this obviously works indeed. My request here is specifically to allow selecting a folder, for any new document which has not been saved yet, when clicking the AutoSave button.
Well, it seems like it should be obviously work indeed. And it used to work that way. But now, when I have an already saved file in a onedrive subdirectory, it will autosave it to onedrive\documents, and leave the old file in place--but w/o autosave. I know you can then move it from the Title Bar, except my home office365 account refuses to find subdirectories on the Location drop-down.
- Why are you clicking AutoSave for a document that has not been saved yet. Just save it where you want it to go and as long as its OneDrive or SharePoint Online it will turn on AutoSave for you
Brian Reid There should be an option for selecting the folder during AutoSave as this improves functionality not, diminish it. It's a general habit to work on a doc before one has decided to name it.
- I fully understand using "Save as" is an option as well.
However, since clicking the AutoSave button for a document which has not been saved yet exhibits the behavior I described, I feel it has merit to suggest logical improvements to that behavior.
Moreover, I would really use it the way I am suggesting, and am aware that many other users would too (based on anecdotal evidence).
