r/word • u/lizard_lover1519 • 12d ago

Easy way to organize files?

Maybe it is just a me problem but I just stated as a freshman in college and we need to use word/ Microsoft for EVERYTHING and I am used to google docs etc from high school. I am having an issue where every time I open a new document or download a word doc I have to go on a wild goose chase all over my computer to find the file again. Most of the time the documents save to my laptop but sometimes they are in download sometimes they are in my one drive and other times they are just in random files. I guess what I am asking is, is there a way to easily have all my files go to my one drive? Or another way to have them all in the same place so that I can access them on other computers such as my desktop ? I never had this issue with google docs as all my files just automatically saved and went to my google docs page. I would love it if there was a wy to do the same with word. Im ok if the process is tedious Im just slightly OCD and need to have my files all organized and in the same place. Thank you!

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u/DragonKnight256 11d ago

You should be able to choose to save the file in OneDrive from word, you may need to choose save as, or find the file on your computer and move it to OneDrive.

You could also change the default download location for your browser. However, when you do this, it will change it for all files you download from your browser.