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Why does original document close when saving a copy or selecting Save as and renaming a copy?
Recently I had a user ask why when she saves a copy or selects Save as and renames a file (basically creating a copy with a new name) Word closes the original file. No data is lost on the original, ...
What happens will also depend on if you are saving locally or to OneDrive.
If you are saving to OneDrive, the behavior will be different, though. Because of the automatic saves, Save As will create two documents with the same content.
On the other hand, if you are saving locally, any changes made before you Saved As will be added to the newly created document, only (unless of course you saved before you save as).