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In the title bar of every word doc I had, it used to say saved in the title bar whenever I saved a document. This let me know I had saved the doc. Now the title bar only shows the doc's title. There is nothing letting me know if I have successfully saved the doc.
How can I get that "Saved" back in the title bar to let me know when my doc is successfully saved?
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After I posted my question, I was on a tech support chat for an hour, and they could not figure it out. :(
It's been sent to his supervisor for more support. It worked great before the upgrade, so I guess we'll find out.
Unfortunately I have found OneDrive has become too unreliable to use - almost toxic. I use my Dropbox account as a RELIABLE backup for my word files. But the latest Microsoft software updates no longer lets me know if the latest changes I have made to a word file have actually been saved until I close that word file. Why has Microsoft done such a BAD thing in their latest update?
A recent update seems to have removed the "Saved" notification on the title bar, at least for some users.
You can report this to Microsoft via Help > Feedback in Word.
I'm having the same issue. Not only does the title bar no longer say "Saved" or "Last saved by user," but the little blue spinny circle no longer even appears for a second when clicking the Save icon. It's like I save and nothing happens, whether I click the icon or hit Ctrl+S. The only way to confirm the document is saved is by checking the "Date modified" column in my folder and making sure the time equals the current time. This (A) breaks my concentration while writing (B) and fails to fully reassure me the document is saved, in the absence of those other indications. It's extremely parannoying (I know that's not a word, but it should be!) and needs to be put back the way the way it was.
EDIT: I just checked Excel and it still shows "Saved to PC" in the title bar after saving changes. The problem is only with Word.
EDIT2: Someone just suggested I repair Office through Settings, which I did, but this didn't fix the problem (even after restarting).
Interesting. I do not use One Drive. I have always saved my docs on my hard drive and used Google Drive as a cloud backup. I just don't know why Word has stopped telling me whether or not I have successfully saved my files and it's frustrating.
I'm wondering if there is a way to get it back or maybe another way to show the save status of a doc.