Prompt to save changes in Word

[timinbru]

I have recently set up a new laptop. When I close Word documents, I no longer get a dialogue box asking me if I want to save changes to the document. The changes are saved automatically. 95% of the time, that is fine: usually I of course want to save the changes that I have made. But sometimes I play around with a document, and then decide that I preferred it as it was. So it is useful to be able to choose to NOT save changes. But I can't work out how to reactivate the dialogue box. I don't know whether it is an option that no longer exists, or whether I perhaps inadvertently did something while setting up the new laptop that has disabled the option.

Can anyone help?

[#2]

@timinbru 

By default, Word saves to OneDrive which means that automatic saving is activated. 

You should be able to turn off automatic saving for a particular document, via the autosave button on the Quick Access Toolbar.

[#3]

@timinbru 

There have been many posts from people who have lost work relying on AutoSave. Yes, it can be convenient. I generally avoid working on documents on OneDrive and very seldom will edit one using the browser Word program.

I urge you to look at the page Automatically backup Word documents by Graham Mayor, MVP for a true and working AutoSave as well as the quirks and failings of Microsoft's scheme.

[#4]

@timinbru 

It is possible to switch off autosave for all documents.
When in word File->Options->Save
untick the box "AutoSave file stored in the cloud by default in word".
Other MS applications (e.g. excel) have the same option.

[#5]

Unticking the "File / Options / Advanced / Save / Allow background saves" is the ONLY workaround that works so far.
By the way I am constantly waiting for an update that fix

[#6]

The automatic saving of documents I merely open but haven't changed with new dates / times has been driving me crazy.  After unchecking this option it now prompts me to save or not and I can now sort documents by date again.  Thank you so much for this information.