File menu improvements in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web

(Originally posted July 3, 2024 By ~ After Kirti’s death and Yamini Gupta)

Hello, Microsoft 365 Insiders! We’re Kirti Sahu, a product manager, and Yamini Gupta, a product designer from the Office product team. We’re excited to share some new changes to the File menu in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web, aimed at streamlining and improving your overall experience.

Improved File menu in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web

The File menu is at the heart of productivity in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web. It’s where you create, open, save, share, and manage your documents. Many of you have told us that finding commands is difficult and unintuitive.

We’re excited to hear your feedback and share an overview of the changes we’ve made to the File menu to make it more intuitive and streamlined.

• The file renaming feature has been optimized to be more efficient. You can rename a file by simply clicking on the file name in the title bar.
• The auto-save experience has been revamped. A green icon visually confirms that all your edits have been saved.
• Searching for important commands is no longer a hassle, everything you need is at your fingertips.

The new and improved File menu in Word for the web

What’s new

Rename a file by selecting its title – Select the file name at the top of the browser window and type in the desired name.

Rename a file in the title bar in PowerPoint for the web

The auto-save experience has a new look. – After your changes are automatically saved, a green cloud icon appears next to the file name in the title bar, providing visual confirmation that your changes have been saved.

Icon saved in title bar

Quickly display folder structure – Select the cloud icon next to the file name in the title bar or file A menu that displays the file location.

Check file location in title bar

No need to save under a different name – Your files are always automatically saved. You can also make copies of your files online or download them to your computer.

Export to PDF and other formats – Commands related to saving your work in various formats are now available in: file > Send out (No more File > Save As).

Export to other formats

New commands in the File menu – move and Version History You can now use the command. file menu.

Move and Version History are now in the File menu.

effectiveness

All of these improvements are currently rolling out to users of the Targeted Release of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web and are expected to be generally available to all users by August 2024.

feedback

Please select your opinion and share it with us. help > feedback In Word, Excel, or PowerPoint for the web. We’d love to hear from you!

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