OneDrive: How to Save

Overview

You can save directly to your OneDrive within any of the Office365 applications. When you saved a file to your OneDrive, you will be able to access your files from any device through your UWEC account, your files will AutoSave, and your files will be backed up.

Considerations

• When creating a file in Office 365 desktop apps, your file will not automatically save. You have to manually name your file and store it in the OneDrive. 
• You can work offline by saving files to the OneDrive folder on your computer. If you are offline, however, AutoSave will not be available and changes will not be updated in the OneDrive cloud until your computer has access to WiFi.
• This article will use Microsoft word as the example application, but the steps are the same for all Office 365 desktop apps.

Information and Instruction (Windows)

Saving a Word document

The following are instructions on how to save a Word document directly to your OneDrive within the Word application.

1. Create a new document or open a locally saved one.
2. Click on the file name at the top of the screen.
3. Name or rename the file if applicable
4. Under location or choose a location, click on the suggested folder to open a dropdown menu of different folders.
5. If your OneDrive folder/subfolder is not in the suggested folders, click on more locations.
6.  Choose your OneDrive folder or one of its subfolders in which to save the document.

AutoSave

AutoSave is a feature that automatically saves changes as you make them. Next to the document name is where you can find the saving status of your file. If it says "Saving," your changes are being updated. If it says "Saved," your changes have been saved in OneDrive.

1. Locate the AutoSave toggle in the top left corner of Word.
2. If AutoSave is turned on, leave as is.
3. If AutoSave is turned off, toggle it on.
   1. If AutoSave is toggled off, it likely means that the document is not saved in OneDrive.
4. Select your UWEC OneDrive account to upload the file.
5. Name your document and click OK.

Information and Instruction (MacOS)

Saving a new Word document

The following are instructions on how to save a new Word document directly to your OneDrive within the Word application.

1. Create a new Word document
2. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click File>Save 
3. Name or rename the file if applicable
4. Under place, click on the suggested folder to open a dropdown menu of different folders.
5. If your OneDrive folder/subfolder is not in the suggested folders, click on Other....
6.  Choose your OneDrive folder or one of its subfolders in which to save the document.

Saving an existing Word document

The following are instructions on how to save a Word document directly to your OneDrive within the Word application if it is already saved somewhere else (like the desktop for example).

1. Open your Word document
2. Click on the file name at the top of the screen.
3. Name or rename the file if applicable
4. Under place, click on the suggested folder to open a dropdown menu of different folders.
5. If your OneDrive folder/subfolder is not in the suggested folders, click on Other....
6.  Choose your OneDrive folder or one of its subfolders in which to save the document.

AutoSave

AutoSave is a feature that automatically saves changes as you make them. Next to the document name is where you can find the saving status of your file. If it says "Saving," your changes are being updated. If it says "Saved," your changes have been saved in OneDrive.

1. Locate the AutoSave toggle in the top left corner of Word.
2. If AutoSave is turned on, leave as is.
3. If AutoSave is turned off, toggle it on.
   1. If AutoSave is toggled off, it likely means that the document is not saved in OneDrive.
4. Select your UWEC OneDrive folder to upload the file.
5. Name your document and click Save.