Hey everyone! I'm not very tech-savvy, so I could really use your help. My school provides us with Microsoft services while we're enrolled, but I know once I graduate, I'll lose access to everything. I've written a lot of things in Word, including some fun fiction and important school reports, and I want to keep those files. I'll be getting a new Word account after graduation, but I won't have admin rights to my school account anymore. Is there a way for me to transfer my files to my new account? And how would I go about saving my documents now so I can access them later? I'd really appreciate any tips on how to save my work! Thanks in advance!
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Before you lose access, you should definitely download copies of your important files to your personal computer. If you have access to your OneDrive, you can do this directly from there. Always best to have a backup just in case!
Exactly, you're on the right track!
Make sure to download all your documents to a computer that doesn't have your school account logged in. Once the school IT removes you, those files will be gone! It's a good idea to save everything in multiple places, like on an external hard drive too.
So I need to make sure I save them before graduation, right?
Yep, and always save locally—not just in the OneDrive!
Have you thought about using LibreOffice? It's free and works like MS Word. Great alternative for when you set up your new account!
I hadn't considered that! I’ll definitely check it out.
You should save everything to your desktop or an external hard drive for easy access. Be careful, though—once you lose access to your school account, any files not saved will vanish, possibly sooner than you think based on school policy.
Does saving to my laptop count? I have everything backed up to iCloud.
Totally! Just ensure it's on your laptop and not on OneDrive.
Got it! So just saving everything to my desktop should do the trick?