Windows 10: In excel and word i am not able to on the autosave options it is showing to sign but then...

in the account info it is showing "there's a problem with your microsoft account tap to ix it"

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Autosave documents in Word, Excel, Powerpoint

My version (Office 365 Proplus latest) is offering Autosave only for documents on Onedrive, and there you have option to save versions.





And check save options..




But if Office is acting like this for you, you should send feedback to MS immediately. It's not what I would want to do from my favorite Office suite.


Good practice would be, to first make a copy of document, and then start to edit it... but we all do like you described…
Edit: sorry, another edit. There are additional saving options under Advanced. Maybe check "Always save backup" and disable saving in background:

 

Is there AutoSave in WORD?

Hello, I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

Here is how to enable AutoSave in Microsoft Office Word, with and without OneDrive:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn...

https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-set-up-wor...



Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back, I will have other suggestions if necessary.

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Excel AutoSave Feature

If the Excel AutoSave feature requires saving files on OneDrive and Windows 11 automatically syncs system folders with OneDrive, why cannot I AutoSave Excel files residing on my Desktop?