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VictoriaM
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1 month ago

Set Dropbox as the default saving place for Word

Hello! I've recently moved from Microsoft to Dropbox as my cloud storage and I've noticed that my files are not autosaving anymore and even though I deleted my one drive app I still can't make drop...
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Mark
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1 month ago

Do you mean the Auto Save tab at the top of Word that looks like this:

If so you cannot, that only works with OneDrive. There is no functionality within Office to change it to other cloud solutions. 

All I can suggest is moving the phsyical file locations to Dropbox and then working on them in that directory.

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    VictoriaM
    New member | Level 2
    1 month ago

    Got it, do you know how I could make the Macros work if it doesn't have the autosave...

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      Mark
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      1 month ago

      They should just auto work? What error are you getting? 

      Can you post a screen grab?

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