Creating new documents and open in client application - Must specify save location (SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online)

Anonymous
2022-10-24T12:50:44.663+00:00

Hi,

We are unsure if this actually is a problem or if it has been this way all along. But every time we create a new Word document in SharePoint and the library is specified to open in the client application, we must each time specify where the document is to be saved. Even if we choose to create a new document from the library. We don't have the OneDrive client installed so we now get an error message when we hit autosave.

Has it always been the case that you have to specify where you want to save the documents you create from SharePoint library via the client application?
Or has there been a change in the Office applications that has caused this?

If we open in the Online version of Word and then select edit in the client application, we do not have to choose a storage location and the SharePoint library is set.

It is the same in both SharePoint on-premises and SharePoint Online - You must specify where to save the document even if you create it from the library.

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  1. Kim Friis 1 Reputation point
    2022-11-07T20:35:04.24+00:00

    I, and a customer, have the exact same problem.
    Site/Library set to open in app

    Using a custom content type, create new document
    , document opens in Word with SharePoint Properties in task pane, but NO connection to SharePoint
    VERY Frustrating, makes NO sense!

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  2. Abdullahi Ahmed 0 Reputation points
    2023-03-21T16:22:58.31+00:00

    Is there any progress around this issue ?

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  3. Sarah Buruin 0 Reputation points
    2024-02-21T00:52:04.97+00:00

    I know this is well over a year ago but was a fix found?

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  4. Melinda Grant 25 Reputation points
    2024-06-11T07:06:59.9366667+00:00

    Would really like to know if there's a way of fixing this issue. It's very frustrating. Please update this post.

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