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noknees438 so, like many of you I've been all over trying to get an answer and decided to come to this forum. So set me straight. I can have the same file in the OneDrive Directory and in the C: drive but if I change the file locally on C;, it will NOT sync and change in the OneDrive directory. I would have to copy that "c" file to OD or just use all the files in the OD directory as I would use them locally in order for them to sync to the cloud, right?
Correct.
> If you open a file from the OneDrive Directory on your computer/laptop/tablet/phone, it will 'download' that file to your computer, were you can edit it.
> when you go to 'save' that edited file you can select the 'SAVE' command, or the 'SAVE AS' command to save a copy of your edited file.
- if you select 'SAVE': the copy will 'update' the original file on OneDrive.
- if you select 'SAVE AS': you can 'rename' the file and save it to OneDrive (should be the default directory setting), or you can save as the original file (which will update the original file to the edited file), "OR" you can save it to your C:, D:, etc, Drive. By using the last two options (renaming, or sending to a different Drive), you are basically creating a 'copy' (at that point in time) of the original, and is NOW separate and autonomous of the original.
look at it like you had opened a regular file in C: Drive; and after editing that file you saved it under a new name, or in a different Drive, you would now have a COPY of the original; and if you, later, made changes in the original (on C: Drive), it would have no effect on the saved copy on D: Drive.
to distinguish between the original file on OneDrive, and a saved version elsewhere, I usually suffix the copy by an 'as of date' (i.e.: filename_as of 4-5-2017), or Device (i.e.: filename_SP3 as of 4-5-2017).
Their may be a better method, but this is what I do.
hope this helps.
