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This is puzzling. Yesterday (my first day with Excel 2016), everytime I opened the program there was a screen that seemed to always want me to use the online storage and I had to click on &quot;Work Offline&quot;. However, today I don't see that option and I found out that I could disable the &quot;Start Screen&quot; and I would find myself on more familiar ground when it just opened a blank worksheet. Sorry to waste your time.
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This is puzzling. Yesterday (my first day with Excel 2016), everytime I opened the program there was a screen that seemed to always want me to use the online storage and I had to click on "Work Offline". However, today I don't see that option and I found out that I could disable the "Start Screen" and I would find myself on more familiar ground when it just opened a blank worksheet. Sorry to waste your time.

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I suspect your files are stored on OneDrive.
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I suspect your files are stored on OneDrive.

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I don't use OneDrive except to store some photos. I just looked and there is nothing else there.
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I don't use OneDrive except to store some photos. I just looked and there is nothing else there.

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I just upgraded from Excel 2010 to Excel 2016. Every time I start Excel I have to tell it I want to work offline. Is there any way to set working locally the default?
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I just upgraded from Excel 2010 to Excel 2016. Every time I start Excel I have to tell it I want to work offline. Is there any way to set working locally the default?

Make Excel 2016 work offline as default?

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