Outlook Would You Like To Open The File Or Save It To Your Computer

[Clara Zellinger]

Savinga file to OneDrive or SharePoint allows you to access it on any device and enables features such as AutoSave and Version History, which can help prevent data loss if your file closes unexpectedly.

By default, if you're signed in, files are saved to your OneDrive. If you want to save the current file somewhere else, click the Location drop-down to see additional recently-used locations. If the location you want isn't there, you can open the full Save As window by selecting More save options.

If you'd like to change the default location for these saves to one of your other recently-used folders, select the Location drop-down, right-click the folder location you want to set as the default and select Set as Default Location.

If you want to save to a location other than your recently-used folders, select More locations. If you haven't received this update yet, your Office applications will continue to use the File menu for saving.

By default Office will save the copy in the same location as the original. If you're happy with the existing location go on to step 3. If you want to save the new copy in a different location choose it at this point.

You might want to save your file in another format so that you, or somebody else, can open the file in a different program or older version. For example, you might want to save your Word document as a Rich Text File (RTF) or your Excel workbook as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file.

How you back up and recover your files depends on where and when you saved it. To learn more about a feature, including which versions of Office support it, select the name of the feature in the table below.

By default Office will save the copy in the same location as the original. If you want to save the new copy in a different location choose it at this point. If you're happy with the existing location go on to step 3.

You might want to save your file in another format so that you, or somebody else, can open the file in a different program or older version. For example, you might want to save your Word 2016 document as a Rich Text File (RTF) or your Excel workbook as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file.

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Please note that these steps are specific to configuring the default save location for Excel files on your computer. OneDrive integration in Office 365 can be managed separately. If you also want to adjust how OneDrive interacts with your Office applications, you can review OneDrive settings in your Office 365 account or contact your IT administrator for assistance with OneDrive configuration.

I have numerous files I have created in Excel and now when I open them, they are in this OneDrive mode and I cannot do some of the things I was able to do before such as modify the header and footer. So I don't want my files to open in th

That said, this is all only slightly less annoying. A lot of times I'm modifying an existing workbook and would prefer to SaveAs right back to the folder from which I opened the orginal. In other words, how it used to work. It's easier to nav to Documents or some other default location from various points deeper within your file tree, than vice versa. So stop "helping" me!

After purchasing new computer, I loaded my old software Office 2003 basic edition onto Windows 11. It loaded fine, however, when trying to open or save a file in either Word or Excel the program stalls and the hour glass appears. I click within the Save or Open dialog box and receive a error that says Open(Not Responding) or Save(Not Responding).

I used this old software without issue in Windows 10, so not sure what is happening? I realize the software is quite dated, but I don't use it often enough to really justify upgrading and I like the software. I would like to continue to use if possible.

I'm having the exact same problem. Did Microsoft offer a solution? I installed the 2003 office software from the original disks and downloaded and installed all of the updates. Excel 2003 and Word 2003 doesn't see my hard drive.

I cannot seem to get it to work and the person below that left a comment didn't make sense to me, because I bought a new computer and there should be no need to clean anything. So far nobody has any solution.

Having same issue with Word and Excel 2003. I can save an existing document but cannot "save" or "save as" a new document. Workaround for me is to go to File Explorer, copy an existing file, modify that file which can then be saved. Other information - I have two computers running Windows 11 and Office 2003. One box works fine and the other exhibits the "save"/"save as" issue. Here are the specs:

I'm sorry to say this, but the one drive file structure is the reason for the crashes. Uninstalling onedrive via the add and remove programs menu will completely eliminate the office 2003 crashes. Until onedrive is fixed with better support for legacy programs, this is the only remedy that I am aware of.

Not necessary to uninstall OneDrive - just disable it for the users who want to use Office 200x - On my machine the OneDrive was set up as the repository for all my documents so I found a way on the internet to stop that from happening and the problem was 'fixed' without modifying the machine other than telling it to not use OneDrive. I had not found anyone with the problem with Office 2003 who indicated OneDrive was the problem before I made my 'find' by accident. So I reported it here - suddenly I find there are several who had discovered the 'problem' with OneDrive previously. None of these came up prior to this when I was looking for the answer. I wonder why?

Its related to the fact that in Win11 the default "Documents" folder is on OneDrive in the cloud. If you remove the setting (right click OneDrive icon and select Settings, you can unselect the files that are located on OneDrive). Then you can open Word or Excel and go to settings and change the default file location to something on your physical computer instead of your Documents folder on OneDrive -- hope that helps, Pat

The folks that identified OneDrive as the culprit were absolutely correct. I removed OneDrive and all dialogs in my Office 2003 install on Windows 11 immediately began functioning perfectly. Thanks to those who keep digging thereby keeping the rest of us productive.

I tried several of the methods identified by others, but they did not work for me. I, too, had used Office 2003 satisfactorily on Windows 10 Home. I bought a new computer (a 17" HP with intel i5, 1 T SSD and 16 G of ram) running Windows 11 home. I found that Word and Excel both had problems with hanging on open and save as.

I found a work around was to locate a saved file from previous work, copy the file and rename it, delete the contents, and load the new content for the file either by typing it in or copying it from a text editor. That way save would work as long as I didn't press save as. I resigned myself to doing that until I could find a solution.

Shortly after that I noticed that OneDrive was set up to receive my files from . Then I discovered that all of my files were being pointed to the cloud in Windows 11. I went onto the internet to find out how to stop that - I am one of those people who does not want to put my stuff on the cloud. I found out how to do it and stopped OneDrive from being the repository then moved everything that was saved there off the OneDrive, back to the c: drive.

I went back to work and lo and behold Word 2003 and Excel 2003 are now able to operate correctly in both open and save as. It appears that somehow, the presence of OneDrive was impeding these operations. And now they are working as expected and as they had on Windows 10 previously.

Deloris Wing, you just made my day!! I followed what you suggested and actually unlinked OneDrive from my device. No need to delete OneDrive either, just unlink (that is what Microsoft calls it) and the problem is solved. I now can use the software and save and open files as I had it the past!! Lovely.

I don't know anything more than that (like repercussions for unlinking onedrive), but, I'm a lot happier now. thank you Deloris Wing and everyone else on this chain. It only took me 8 months to get it resolved ?.

Deloris and Edward--Yippee!!I'd been installing and reinstalling my Office 2003 on a Lenovo with Win 11 and having the same "no save" problem. Working fine now.I had installed O2003 recently on another LEvono W11 without the issue.Thanks to you folks, I can cancel my Geek Squad appointment and enjoy the rest of my day!!

Deloris. You are genius. I struggled with this for a whole day. You solved it. Now I realize that my computers at work slowed down since switch to 365 because of OneDrive. I'm going to uninstall it. Microsoft seems to really not know what they're doing when it comes to cloud.

Deloris, Excellent Diagnosis on Word and Windows 11 One Drive! I had the same problem with Word 97 and Word 2003 installed on my Windows 11 laptop; I could load a Word document ok but when I went to save it or just save, the circle came on and the Word program stalled continuously. However, I learned there are several ways to stop One Drive from being active so I chose to uninstall the program on the Microsoft website; the website said I could always get to my files on One Cloud by logging in so I will do that soon to remove my files from cloud; I'm also one of those persons that do not like to store any of my files on a cloud. Once I uninstalled One Drive from my laptop (after copying and pasting the files in One Drive to a folder on my C Drive - I started Word, created some documents and saved them without any complications - straight on! Thanks so much Deloris for the advice to stop One Drive from being operational to allow Word to function properly - Joe!

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