Whenever I type a letter or even a word, the 'save as' icon just pops up.

Question

Hi.

Whenever i type something or even just hit a letter on my MS word, it just saves. Like not even auto save but the ‘save as’ icon just pops up whenever i type something. And even after restarting the whole laptop it still does it. Even opening a new word it still the same

Answer 1

@Kurt Arbby Cartera

> but the ‘save as’ icon just pops up

Do you mean the "Save As" windows would pop up if you enter letters via keyboard?
If yes, please search "On-screen keyboard" and open it, then click letter icons of On-screen keyboard for a test.

1 If the issue does not exist, please check the keyboard of your laptop.

2 If the issue still exists, I would suggest you run Word in safe mode.
Press Win+R to open Run dialog, enter winword /safe , click OK to open Word.

• If the issue goes away, please go to C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP, move the folders or files to other location temporarily.
  And go to File > Options > Add-ins > Manager, COM Add-ins, Go > Clear the check boxes for any enabled COM add-ins, select OK.
• If the steps above do not work, you may go to File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize > File Tab > Check whether there is any shortcut keys for those options started with "FileSave", and remove them for a test.
  Generally "F12" or "Fn+F12" is the hotkey for "Save As".

Besides, please perform a Repair for Office from Control Panel.

Any issues, please let me know.

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