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305ujtq80gy
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Why is Word Constantly Crashing

MS Word constantly crashes to the point I think it's time to switch back to Windows. I literally lost a novel I was writing and spent hours trying to recover the file. Now I'm trying to use Word again, saving to One Drive instead which I didn't want to do, but it AutoSaves. Now it crashes every other hour. This is ridiculous and inconvenient. What is going on!

Posted on Oct 21, 2026 10:29 AM

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razmee209
User level: Level 10 (205,348 points)

Oct 21, 2026 10:44 AM in response to 305ujtq80gy

305ujtq80gy wrote:
MS Word constantly crashes to the point I think it's time to switch back to Windows. I literally lost a novel I was writing and spent hours trying to recover the file. Now I'm trying to use Word again, saving to One Drive instead which I didn't want to do, but it AutoSaves. Now it crashes every other hour. This is ridiculous and inconvenient. What is going on!

So if Word were to crash on your Window pc, would it be a Window's issue or Microsoft issue?

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256380359