

If prompted, select No for opening in safe mode, and select Yes to reopen the document even though it caused a problem before

To do this in Microsoft Word, go to File > Options and click the Save tab on the left. You should bring this down to 1 minute to minimize the chances of losing significant data.

AutoRecover is set up to save a copy of your document once every 10 minutes. AutoRecover kicks in when Word crashes unexpectedly, and it allows you to recover the most recent version of your document, if you hadn’t saved for a while. Now that you’re living without the ability to automatically save every minor change you make, you should make sure that the AutoRecover feature is set up correctly. When you’re done, click OK and restart Microsoft Word to begin saving files to your computer by default. Below that, click the Browse button next to Default save file location and pick the folder where you want to save Word files by default. In the right pane, under the Save documents section, enable Save to Computer by default. In the left pane in Microsoft Word preferences, click Save. Open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, and go to File > Options to open settings. To do this, open the Office app you use the most. If that’s not an option, you can change the default save location for all Microsoft Office files to a different location. For that reason, it’s probably better for most people to stick with OneDrive.

This is inconvenient, and it forces you to return to the age-old habit of compulsively hitting Ctrl + S over and over. If you start saving your files outside of OneDrive, you’ll be forced to manually save your documents once again. Unfortunately, Microsoft has linked the very useful auto-save feature to OneDrive. But if you prefer to keep local copies of your Office files, or if you use alternative cloud storage services such as Google Drive, you should force Office to save files to your computer. For some people, that’s a great system because it keeps an online copy of their file in the cloud. If you use the Microsoft Office suite of applications, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, you’ll have noticed these apps try to save all your files on OneDrive.
