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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, but it does close. She said it hasnt always done this, and I tend to agree with her. She said it used to create the copy but after saving it the original document was still open. Dont know if this is a settings thing or the result of an update. Thanks in advance for any tips or an explanation.
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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).
Thank you for clearing that up Doug.
When using File>Save As, and using a different name for the document, Word has always worked that way. If the user wants to revert to the original document, it will be second document under the list of recent documents that is displayed when the File menu is accessed.
