Restore a previous version of your document by going to File → Browse Version History.This lets you work collaboratively on a copy of the original document without worrying about making permanent changes to the first file.īut what if I already made changes to the original file and I need to go back!? This is important to understand if say you want to make changes to a template or someone else’s document while still keeping a version of the original file. That means you are overwriting the original file and will not be able to go back. You also need to be wary of AutoSave because when it’s flipped “On,” your changes will continue to save to the original document. If you take a look at the gif below, AutoSave is located in the upper left corner of your document and it’s super easy to turn on and off.īut here’s the rub.
But we want to make sure you understand how to use it properly because there can be consequences… It does this by default when you store a file in OneDrive for Business or on a SharePoint teams site and can be extremely useful to use. If you have an Office 365 subscription and you’re using the latest versions of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, then congrats-you have access to a brand-new feature called AutoSave! As the name suggests, it’s a capability that protects us all from our forgetfulness by automatically saving documents every few seconds. Touchwood, we’re seeing a future, unreleased tweak to the interface.AutoSaving Office Files: The Good and the Bad Hopefully, it’s a sign that the AutoSave/Save combo will, at long last, become optional. Is this an attempt to ‘fix’ the promoted image of the new interface? Perhaps to make the look less complicated than it really is? Or hiding the much-maligned compulsory AutoSave/Save buttons from the image that will be copied by many media. And ‘Show Below Ribbon’ hasn’t been used in the Word example. ‘Hide Quick Access Toolbar’ nor ‘Show Below Ribbon’ does not remove the AutoSave and Save items from the title bar. That’s probably because the Quick Access Toolbar features are evolving at the moment. When a file is hosted in the cloud (that is, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online), AutoSave enables the users edits to be saved automatically and continuously. In the current Insiders releases, there are options to ‘Hide Quick Access Toolbar’ and ‘Show below ribbon’ but neither of those have been used in this Microsoft image. Learn about how AutoSave works in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and how it can impact add-ins or macros. Source: Microsoft (zoomed version of above image) The image that came with the announcement intrigued us, from the outset it looked wrong … but why? This also allows you to 'co-edit' documents with others. Youll need to configure OneDrive or SharePoint so theyre correctly connected, and this is a feature available only in Microsoft 365.
It’s not clear if the rounded (sorry ‘softer’) corners will be in Windows 10 or, more likely Windows 11 (Win11 has round corners on all windows Missing Quick Access Toolbar AutoSave automatically saves your files to your OneDrive and SharePoint account.
Office for Mac 2016 gets an auto-save feature matching what Windows users have had since last August. a neutral color palette, softer window corners, refreshed tabs in the ribbon, and colorful presence indicators so you can easily see who’s working on a document with you. Microsoft shoots for AutoSave parity in Mac Office 365.
“ … modern yet familiar, designed to help you focus on your best work. The usual colorful but mostly meaningless Microsoft prose accompanies the announcement: The theme will stay in sync with your Windows light or dark mode by default. The selections at File | Options | General | Office theme are still there Dark Grey, Black, White, Colorful and Use system settings. Office LTSC 2021 does NOT get the visual refresh. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Project, Publisher, and Visio. It’s a shameless push to customers who choose, understandably, to save files on their computer not follow Microsoft’s demand to use OneDrive for everything.Īll the Office 365/2019 apps are affected. If the document isn’t saved to a compatible cloud service, the AutoSave label and slider remain. The AutoSave and Save button are still fixed on the left of the title bar, whether they are applicable or not. On the other hand, it’s over-crowded the Title Bar which has caused other troubles. Over time Microsoft has filled the Office interface with more buttons, which we like, because complexity isn’t a vice. It’s a flatter look with nothing to distinguish the tabs from the title bar.