Microsoft wants to automatically save your Word docs to the cloud

Microsoft is changing Word for Windows to create and autosave new documents directly to OneDrive by default—before a filename is assigned—with Excel and PowerPoint to follow; the article highlights benefits like recovery and collaboration, warns of security/privacy risks if credentials are compromised or data is used for AI, and offers steps to modify defaults, toggle AutoSave, change save locations and filenames, and notes a few known limitations.