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I loathe the way Microsoft Word is constantly turning on autosave

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 6:34:49

If I want to use auto save, I will turn it on myself. Instead, it keeps saving over files that I wanted to keep as a reference or earlier version when I’m making changes, because I didn’t notice or think to check whether it had decided all on its own to start auto saving for absolutely no reason.

It’s doing bunches of dumb shit lately

Posted by Jackie <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Jackie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 9:04:47, in reply to "I loathe the way Microsoft Word is constantly turning on autosave "

Random blank documents opening even when the app isn’t open

Prompting you to save before you close even if you haven’t made any changes

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Posted by lcubed <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=lcubed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 9:29:37, in reply to "It’s doing bunches of dumb shit lately"

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Random blank documents opening even when the app isn’t open

Prompting you to save before you close even if you haven’t made any changes

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Don’t you have version history?*

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 7:06:00, in reply to "I loathe the way Microsoft Word is constantly turning on autosave "

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It’s possible, but I don’t know.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 7:43:25, in reply to "Don’t you have version history?*"

I am a simple caveman Gen X-er. I only understand files in folders, not your modern, fancy cloud storage and version history.

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If you click down on your file name at the top middle of the document it should be there.

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 7:57:50, in reply to "It’s possible, but I don’t know."

It’ll save all the versions of your file so that you can revisit them. Not sure if it will save them down to the keystroke, but enough so that you don’t have to keep saving off versions.

Note that this assumes you don’t have a government issued Microsoft 2003 or something.

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I am a simple caveman Gen X-er. I only understand files in folders, not your modern, fancy cloud storage and version history.

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Good to know, thanks.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 7:58:31, in reply to "If you click down on your file name at the top middle of the document it should be there."

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I am a simple caveman Gen X-er. I only understand files in folders, not your modern, fancy cloud storage and version history.

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