How to prevent Word 2016 from automatically saving a boilerplate document

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How to prevent Word 2016 from automatically saving a boilerplate document

11-21-2023, 01:33 PM

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Windows 11 How to prevent Word 2016 from automatically saving a boilerplate document

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You should:

Be using a template, not a document. Templates in Microsoft Word When you double-click on a template, it creates a new document, unnamed.
Not be using the browser/online version of Word to edit your business documents, in my opinion. Differences between using a document in the browser and in Word

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Last edited by Charles Kenyon; 11-21-2023 at 09:51 PM.

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