Weird numbers after office file name when saving. Why do office files when I save with random numbers or letters and place in an odd place? How to stop it?
Thanks!
File menu -> Save As. That will allow you to select the location. Or save the attachment to your preferred location first and then open it for editing. Then when you save the changes they should be saved to the same document in the same location.
Regards.
Are you possibly off somewhere deep into Microsoft antiquity and arcana, the Microsoft FAT-format file system, and its 8.3 file-naming limit, and the tilde-containing short names?
This stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename
When I receive a message with an attached Microsoft file and open it, I notice that after editing and saving, the file gets saved in an unexpected location rather than in the "Downloads" folder or a more accessible location. Could you please advise on how to ensure it saves to a preferred location?
Mail keeps a cache of attachments, separate from those attachments explicitly downloaded and saved.
Office may well be doing who-knows-what with its files here too, though I am less than familiar with that.
Are you saving the files locally, or are you saving them to a cloud-based service such as Google Drive or One Drive?
It would help if you shared with us what Apple device you that shows this behavior and its operating system version. Possible responses may be different for a Mac computer than an iPhone or iPad.
Good point. I usually use a Macbook for Microsoft products.
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