Disable "Save this file" Window when using Save shortcut

Yes that is the window. It's really annoying since I'm used to it automatically switching to the backstage when I use the shortcut.

I don't recall office updating either so it's not like it's a new feature. I'm certain that it relates to my Connected Services but it's quite stupid that I can't even disable something so simple.

We recently made a change to the new document experience to make saving faster by providing you with a single dialog to set the name and location of your document when a OneDrive account is connected. By default we preselect a connected OneDrive folder, but you can also define your own default folder by right clicking on any of the recent folders shown below the default and OneDrive folders in the new dialog. As you discovered, you can also return to the Backstage file save experience by clicking on “More locations” or “More save options”. We don’t have a setting that will disable the new save experience when a OneDrive connection is available.

Your feedback is important to us! Is there something that the backstage save experience provides you that would make the new save dialog better?

Thank you,

Bill

Hi Bill,

I understand it's a new feature, but there should definitely be a way to disable it if users prefer. It might not be certain features missing per se, but alot of us just like things that we're used to. Personally, I've been using Office 13+ since it's release and whenever I use the shortcut, I see the backstage popup with save options. To me, it looks cleaner and retains the feel of Microsoft Word. 

I assumed it was because of OneDrive, so is there a way to remove that connection from my personal Microsoft account? If not, I hope you guys implement a way to turn on/off the new menu.

Thanks for your reply.

Justin

I loathe this new feature. The new dialog is horribly useless and a disgraceful waste of time. How would anybody think this makes saving faster? All I want is backstage!!!!! The result of the new feature is that I now need two clicks instead of one to reach backstage.

Microsoft, as usual, is being completely disfunctional: in the past hitting "save"/"save as" would bring up the classic dialog which is somewhat similar to the new one. Then backstage was introduced, we got used to it and to its advantages, even if it was tweaked several time and now, many years later, you introduce AGAIN a dialog to pop up before accessing backstage? Is this a joke??

This is the most aggravating feature of any Windows/Office product to date. You have destroyed my ability to efficiently move in and out of Office documents.

For the love of EVERYONE who has EVER used Office EVER, DISABLE THIS **** or at least introduce an option for me to disable it directly.

Hi Bill, are you able to tell me please when the update was made/what version was it deployed on.  Just have various user experiences and looks like a version issue i.e. users have different versions of word/office and some get it while others don't get the prompt. 

Thanks

Joe