I have never used OneDrive and save everything to my hard drive. In version 16.25 (19050200), if I try to close a document that has never been saved, Word prompts me to save it to OneDrive, even though I have never used OneDrive. However, if I manually save the document before trying to close it, Word remembers that I always save files "on my Mac" and prompts me to save it there. Whether you save your files to OneDrive or on your Mac, Word should remember your preference and always prompt you to save it in the right place, not use one preference for manual saves and another for saves prompted by trying to close a never-saved file.

As a remote editor, I receive documents as Word files from foreign clients, edit them with change tracking enabled, then to return to the clients two versions of their revised documents, one in “All Markup” mode to reflect the changes I made to the document, which is informative but often illegible and certainly not presentable, and a second in “No Markup” mode, which is legible and presentable.

My problem: When I save the legible version of the revised document in “No Markup” mode, I need the client to be able to open and view the document exactly as I saved it, with no disruptive and unsightly changes indicated in red; however; regardless of the markup mode in which the file was saved, it inevitably opens in “All Markup” mode, so both versions are illegible in that they are full of red change indicators. I didn’t have this problem with an earlier version of Word (Version 15.41 (171205), but then I permitted an update and the malfunction began. I bought Office 2019 hoping the issue has been resolved, but it hasn’t. I’m running Word 16.21 (190117) on MacOS 10.14.2. The problem was observed as described by two Microsoft technical support analysts. My case number is 1459809387. Word to your mother.

It's a small thing, truly. I realize that. Yet I find it disconcerting every time I open the Word software.

I got the new icon for Word a few days ago. For the first time in years, I find myself wondering if I can create a new desktop icon for software.

I have a visual processing disorder around certain shades of the color blue. What that translates to is that I feel literally queasy every time I go to open the new Word with the transitions of blue involved. It turns out that multiple visible shades makes it worse!

I don't normally say anything about visual design elements unless there's impact on actual function. In this case, the impact is that I find myself gravitating to use Google docs whenever the option for productivity is there now.

When Handoff is enabled (which also enables Universal Clipboard) and you are signed in to iCloud on your Mac and a nearby iPhone or iPad, Word will freeze when you try to copy any text. The spinning beachball will appear for 3-4 seconds and you can't do anything while this is happening. The bug also affects Excel. This happens even on a Clean Installed system so it is not a 3rd party conflict.

I've posted more details and a video of this happening on the Microsoft Community Forums:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/copy-cmdc-causes-spinning-beach-ball-delay-for-3-4/36e2e400-59c7-471b-b7d6-b5d5082a545a

I've tried to report this bug but it seems impossible to get a ticket open that goes to the developers, so I am posting here hoping that others will vote for this issue so it can be fixed.