Word allows you to open multiple documents at the same time. You can even view all of these documents at the same time. This makes it very easy to work on several files at once. After a long editing session, it is hard to remember which files you have changed and which you haven't.
One solution to this problem is to add a "save all" command to your Quick Access Toolbar. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Quick Access Toolbar portion of the Word Options dialog box.
Now, whenever you want to save all your open documents, click the Save All tool and the job is done, fast and simple.
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Thanks, I think Save All is superior AutoSave because AutoSave:
(1) especially when Web App is involved, can fail causing me to lose not only data but also Undo item; I suspect Cloud complication because iPhone has same issue when Document is set to Cloud location.
(2) I switch same document between Web App and Desktop App because they have different features.
Is there a Word Script to AutoSave All?
Corey, see Tomek's post below yours. What works for me is to make sure I open multiple documents directly from within Word using the Open command (and not via Windows using File Explorer).
It doesn't work when opening multiple documents via networked drives. Why is this, and is there a way to fix it?
Beware that sometimes when you open multiple documents they may actually open in separate instances of Word. In such case one instance is not aware of the documents open in other instances. This happens primarily when you open the documents by selecting several of them in File Explorer and then either press enter or right click on one of the selected files and chose Open. In such case SaveAll will only save the documents in the particular instance of Word, but not in the others.
Update: This issue/bug has recently disappeared from my computer, probably as an effect of an update of either Office or Windows (365 Family under Win 10 Pro). I just renewed the subscription to the Office. But it still may exist on some computers that were not updated. the issue was not specific to just this one computer. It was also that way on several computers I used at work with the Enterprise versions of Office and Win10 Pro..
This is beautiful! Thank you!
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