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Deon can Wyk's avatar
Deon can Wyk
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

how do i autosave a word document to dropbox and not onedrive

how do i autosave a word document to dropbox and not onedrive

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    You cant I'm afraid. Microsoft doesnt allow this - as its embedded into the program itself. 

     

    You can manually work on files inside of Dropbox and hit save on them frequently to save to Dropbox (how I do it), however. 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    Deon can Wyk wrote:

    how do i autosave a word document to dropbox and not onedrive


    In Word, go to File, Options, Save and check the box for Save to Computer by default. Then set the Default local file location to the folder where you wish to saved files by default.

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