
Make sure the ‘Allow background saves’ box ticked, and finally click OK to save the changes. Step 4: Click the Advanced tab on the left-side pane, and then locate the Save section on the right-side pane. Moreover, tick the ”Keep the last autosaved version if I close without saving” box.

Tick the ”Save AutoRecover information every” box and set how often it automatically saves the Word document, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, or other value depending on your own desire. Step 3: After the Word Options window opens, select the Save tab on the left-side pane, and then locate the ”Save documents” section on the right-side pane.

Step 2: Click the File tab on the menu bar, and then in the Backstage click Options. Step 1: Open your Word document with Microsoft Word 2016. Below I will use Microsoft Word 2016 as an example.

How to turn on and set Autosave in Microsoft Word/Excel 2016īoth in Word and in Excel, the steps are the same. Now, this post will describe how to turn on and set Autosave in Word/Excel 2016. In such a case, you can turn on the Autosave feature in Microsoft Word/Excel to automatically save documents being edited at a certain time interval to minimize/prevent data loss if the application is unexpectedly closed. While reading/editing document in Microsoft Word/Excel, occasionally you may encounter sudden power failure, application crash, or computer crash so that the Word/Excel document is forced to close before you can save the data.
