many features in office including word
are geared towards saving and sharing
your files online this is done through
onedrive an online storage space for
your documents and files that lets you
access them even when you're away from
your computer if you want to use
onedrive make sure you're logged in to
word with your Microsoft account first
let's take a look at the regular save
command on the quick access toolbar just
click and if it's a new document you'll
be taken to the backstage view where you
can choose where to save your file for
now let's save it to our computer click
the Browse button to choose a location
for your document then enter a file name
and click Save when you're done now you
can save at any time by clicking the
icon
if you want to save a different version
maybe in a different location or with a
different file name you can go to save
as in the backstage view and follow the
same steps again you'll have the option
of saving to onedrive or to this PC but
if you primarily save files to your
computer you may want to change the
default setting so this PC is always
selected to do that click options in the
backstage view then select save in the
left pane now check the box that reads
save to computer by default when you're
done click OK if you ever forget to save
or if your computer crashes while you're
working don't worry the auto recovery
feature saves a backup copy of your
document automatically to recover an
unsaved file all you have to do is
reopen word and the document recovery
pane should appear on the left here you
can access any recovered versions of the
file by default word Auto saves a backup
copy every 10 minutes so if you're
working on something for less than 10
minutes you may not be able to use this
feature you can also export your
documents into an alternate file type by
clicking export in the backstage view
exporting as a PDF is a good choice if
you need to send a document to someone
who doesn't have word this format lets
them view but not edit the document
using a free program that anyone can
download under change file type you can
access several other formats depending
on what you need for example if the
person you're sharing with uses Word
2003 or earlier you'll need to send them
a word 97 to 2003 document instead to
share your document with others click
the share button in the top right corner
next you'll have to upload your document
to onedrive so click on the option
associated with your account
once it's uploaded you can email an
invitation for others to view or edit
the file there are more ways to share at
the bottom of the window like attaching
your document to an email or getting a
shareable link if you have office 365
you can use the autosave feature once
you upload your document to onedrive
whenever you make a change it will
automatically save your file however if
you want to disable this feature click
the button in the top left corner keep
in mind that if you deactivate
auto-saving
you'll need to click the Save button
every time you want to save with so many
options how you save and share your
document is up to you whether it's
exporting your file as a PDF or sharing
your document online
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