Microsoft is testing a major change in how documents are stored on the Word application for Windows.
Accordingly, instead of requiring users to activate Automatic storage mode and manually select cloud storage services, new documents will be saved directly to OneDrive or the storage platform chosen by users.
You dont have to worry about saving documents anymore, said Raul Munoz, product manager for the Office services and experiences group at Microsoft. Because all newly created content will be automatically saved to OneDrive or other cloud services.
This change is now only applied to the Microsoft 365 Insider team for field testing.
Microsoft believes that automated storage will help reduce the risk of data loss, while bringing convenience when users can access documents anywhere, from Android, iOS to the web browser.
According to the company, the new document will be named after the date of creation instead of adding the serial number to the end of the file name as at present.
Users also have the ability to adjust the default location on the cloud or turn off this automatic feature if they want to save locally.
The new move shows that Microsoft continues to make efforts to encourage users to switch to OneDrive.
Previously, the company had previously enabled the Automatic saving feature and used reminders in Windows to suggest data Backup.
However, this method did not receive much support from the community as many people are still used to direct storage on computer hard drives.
Some users expressed concern that saving the default to the cloud will make local storage more cumbersome.
In the comments section under Microsoft's blog post, there are opinions that: "Every few years, Microsoft takes another step that makes users have to do more steps to access files, while before saving directly to drive C was very simple".
This feature is still in the testing phase, and it is unclear when it will be officially rolled out to all users.
