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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested).
Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. Thanks, MaryL |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:45 -0500, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. Thanks, MaryL In Word 2007, go to Office button Word Options Save and change the entry in the "Default file location" box to the location you use most often. A hint: you can put shortcuts to other often-used folders into that folder for quick navigation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:45 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. Thanks, MaryL In Word 2007, go to Office button Word Options Save and change the entry in the "Default file location" box to the location you use most often. A hint: you can put shortcuts to other often-used folders into that folder for quick navigation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. That has already been done. That's what I meant when I said that I set the options to open to the correct folder. However, Word does not automatically save either to that location (C:\Data Files\Word) or the the folder I am working in. Instead, I have to remember to manually go to the correct folder. Otherwise, it saves to a very deeply nested folder (C:\Users\Mary\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft). Ironically, I can then only find it by using "Search" because I have not been able to follow this path. I get to C:\Users\Mary, but AppData does not show up. I haven't gone to Control Panel yet to show hidden files, but that may be the explanation. It's a real annoyance, though. Any ideas on why Word is saving to that location even though I have already set the shorter path in "Default file location"? Thanks, MaryL |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:19:20 -0500, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:45 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. Thanks, MaryL In Word 2007, go to Office button Word Options Save and change the entry in the "Default file location" box to the location you use most often. A hint: you can put shortcuts to other often-used folders into that folder for quick navigation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. That has already been done. That's what I meant when I said that I set the options to open to the correct folder. However, Word does not automatically save either to that location (C:\Data Files\Word) or the the folder I am working in. Instead, I have to remember to manually go to the correct folder. Otherwise, it saves to a very deeply nested folder (C:\Users\Mary\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft). Ironically, I can then only find it by using "Search" because I have not been able to follow this path. I get to C:\Users\Mary, but AppData does not show up. I haven't gone to Control Panel yet to show hidden files, but that may be the explanation. It's a real annoyance, though. Any ideas on why Word is saving to that location even though I have already set the shorter path in "Default file location"? Thanks, MaryL Unfortunately, I don't know why Word isn't honoring your setting for the default file location. That doesn't happen for me. I usually have it set to my Documents folder (I try to keep this machine as plain-vanilla as possible so I can research posted questions without being confused by customizations). But when I set the default file location to another folder, it does default to saving there. I hope someone else might step in here with a real answer. Two points that you may consider side issues: (1) Yes, the AppData folder is a hidden folder, and setting Windows to show hidden folders will allow you to navigate to the folder you mentioned. (2) In the various file dialogs in Office 2007 on Vista, you can display the Favorite Links pane on the left; and you can right-click that pane, choose "Open Favorite Links Folder", and create shortcuts in the links folder to point to the folders you want to use. Those will be available every time you open one of those dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:19:20 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:45 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. Thanks, MaryL In Word 2007, go to Office button Word Options Save and change the entry in the "Default file location" box to the location you use most often. A hint: you can put shortcuts to other often-used folders into that folder for quick navigation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. That has already been done. That's what I meant when I said that I set the options to open to the correct folder. However, Word does not automatically save either to that location (C:\Data Files\Word) or the the folder I am working in. Instead, I have to remember to manually go to the correct folder. Otherwise, it saves to a very deeply nested folder (C:\Users\Mary\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft). Ironically, I can then only find it by using "Search" because I have not been able to follow this path. I get to C:\Users\Mary, but AppData does not show up. I haven't gone to Control Panel yet to show hidden files, but that may be the explanation. It's a real annoyance, though. Any ideas on why Word is saving to that location even though I have already set the shorter path in "Default file location"? Thanks, MaryL Unfortunately, I don't know why Word isn't honoring your setting for the default file location. That doesn't happen for me. I usually have it set to my Documents folder (I try to keep this machine as plain-vanilla as possible so I can research posted questions without being confused by customizations). But when I set the default file location to another folder, it does default to saving there. I hope someone else might step in here with a real answer. Two points that you may consider side issues: (1) Yes, the AppData folder is a hidden folder, and setting Windows to show hidden folders will allow you to navigate to the folder you mentioned. (2) In the various file dialogs in Office 2007 on Vista, you can display the Favorite Links pane on the left; and you can right-click that pane, choose "Open Favorite Links Folder", and create shortcuts in the links folder to point to the folders you want to use. Those will be available every time you open one of those dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Do you know if there is any way to have Word display the path at the top of a document (that is, above the menu bar -- not as part of the document itself). That, at least, would serve as a reminder if I need to change the location where a file is being saved. MaryL |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:02:46 -0500, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:19:20 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:45 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. Thanks, MaryL In Word 2007, go to Office button Word Options Save and change the entry in the "Default file location" box to the location you use most often. A hint: you can put shortcuts to other often-used folders into that folder for quick navigation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. That has already been done. That's what I meant when I said that I set the options to open to the correct folder. However, Word does not automatically save either to that location (C:\Data Files\Word) or the the folder I am working in. Instead, I have to remember to manually go to the correct folder. Otherwise, it saves to a very deeply nested folder (C:\Users\Mary\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft). Ironically, I can then only find it by using "Search" because I have not been able to follow this path. I get to C:\Users\Mary, but AppData does not show up. I haven't gone to Control Panel yet to show hidden files, but that may be the explanation. It's a real annoyance, though. Any ideas on why Word is saving to that location even though I have already set the shorter path in "Default file location"? Thanks, MaryL Unfortunately, I don't know why Word isn't honoring your setting for the default file location. That doesn't happen for me. I usually have it set to my Documents folder (I try to keep this machine as plain-vanilla as possible so I can research posted questions without being confused by customizations). But when I set the default file location to another folder, it does default to saving there. I hope someone else might step in here with a real answer. Two points that you may consider side issues: (1) Yes, the AppData folder is a hidden folder, and setting Windows to show hidden folders will allow you to navigate to the folder you mentioned. (2) In the various file dialogs in Office 2007 on Vista, you can display the Favorite Links pane on the left; and you can right-click that pane, choose "Open Favorite Links Folder", and create shortcuts in the links folder to point to the folders you want to use. Those will be available every time you open one of those dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Do you know if there is any way to have Word display the path at the top of a document (that is, above the menu bar -- not as part of the document itself). That, at least, would serve as a reminder if I need to change the location where a file is being saved. MaryL There are at least two distinct ways to display the path of the current file: You can add the Document Location box to the Quick Access Toolbar or you can place a simple macro in the Normal.dotm template to show the path in the title bar. Both of these are covered in the thread at http://groups.google.com/group/micro...976a3360d4d081 -- one in my reply, and the other in Graham Mayor's reply. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
It works fine for me too in that I use E:/documents (a partition of a
separate drive to Windows). Are you sure that you are not opening a document from the MS 'deeply nested' location because by default, Word will normally save a document back in its original folder regardless of the path setting in Word. Terry Farrell |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
Jay
Of course, where the Document Location tool falls down, is that it cannot be 'stretched out' to show the full path - unlike the old Web Address tool that worked like a charm. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... It works fine for me too in that I use E:/documents (a partition of a separate drive to Windows). Are you sure that you are not opening a document from the MS 'deeply nested' location because by default, Word will normally save a document back in its original folder regardless of the path setting in Word. Terry Farrell No, this happens when I create a new document or use "save as." Documents that I edit remain in the same folder, just as you described. MaryL |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:02:46 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:19:20 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message m... On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:39:45 -0500, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. Thanks, MaryL In Word 2007, go to Office button Word Options Save and change the entry in the "Default file location" box to the location you use most often. A hint: you can put shortcuts to other often-used folders into that folder for quick navigation. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. That has already been done. That's what I meant when I said that I set the options to open to the correct folder. However, Word does not automatically save either to that location (C:\Data Files\Word) or the the folder I am working in. Instead, I have to remember to manually go to the correct folder. Otherwise, it saves to a very deeply nested folder (C:\Users\Mary\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft). Ironically, I can then only find it by using "Search" because I have not been able to follow this path. I get to C:\Users\Mary, but AppData does not show up. I haven't gone to Control Panel yet to show hidden files, but that may be the explanation. It's a real annoyance, though. Any ideas on why Word is saving to that location even though I have already set the shorter path in "Default file location"? Thanks, MaryL Unfortunately, I don't know why Word isn't honoring your setting for the default file location. That doesn't happen for me. I usually have it set to my Documents folder (I try to keep this machine as plain-vanilla as possible so I can research posted questions without being confused by customizations). But when I set the default file location to another folder, it does default to saving there. I hope someone else might step in here with a real answer. Two points that you may consider side issues: (1) Yes, the AppData folder is a hidden folder, and setting Windows to show hidden folders will allow you to navigate to the folder you mentioned. (2) In the various file dialogs in Office 2007 on Vista, you can display the Favorite Links pane on the left; and you can right-click that pane, choose "Open Favorite Links Folder", and create shortcuts in the links folder to point to the folders you want to use. Those will be available every time you open one of those dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Do you know if there is any way to have Word display the path at the top of a document (that is, above the menu bar -- not as part of the document itself). That, at least, would serve as a reminder if I need to change the location where a file is being saved. MaryL There are at least two distinct ways to display the path of the current file: You can add the Document Location box to the Quick Access Toolbar or you can place a simple macro in the Normal.dotm template to show the path in the title bar. Both of these are covered in the thread at http://groups.google.com/group/micro...976a3360d4d081 -- one in my reply, and the other in Graham Mayor's reply. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thanks, I'll try to set it in the Quick Access Toolbar (as described). I'm too much of a newbie in Word to try macros. This is one of the WordPerfect features -- that is, automatically display the full path across the top -- that I really like and would like to see Word emulate. Another is Reveal Codes. I have tried Show All, but it doesn't seem to show everything I need to know (such as position of codes for boxes). MaryL |
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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
... I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. The default location is C:/User/{your account name}/Documents. How is that "deeply" nested? |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
"Gordon" wrote in message ... "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. The default location is C:/User/{your account name}/Documents. How is that "deeply" nested? Mine was being saved to this location: C:\Users\Mary\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft. Oddly, the problem seems to have been solved. I had already set the Default file location to my preference, but it still saved to the folder I just listed. As a final attempt, I changed the AutoRecover file location to an AutoSave folder I created because the path listed had been the same as what I just described as the default location. I have no idea why that would change the positon where new files are being saved, but it did -- they are now being saved to my preferred location. I have a folder called C:\Data Files. I create data folders under that name -- one for WordPerfect (with numerous sub-folders), one for Word, one for Quattro Pro, one for my diabetes test results, etc. I do use a lot of categories in WordPerfect and Quattro Pro, and it's possible that I will eventually do the same with Word. However, I do a lot of "back ups" that are really copies -- I simply copy everything in Data Files with one click, and I prefer that to the default. MaryL |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
Note that Save As will always default to the folder where the original
document is saved. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... It works fine for me too in that I use E:/documents (a partition of a separate drive to Windows). Are you sure that you are not opening a document from the MS 'deeply nested' location because by default, Word will normally save a document back in its original folder regardless of the path setting in Word. Terry Farrell No, this happens when I create a new document or use "save as." Documents that I edit remain in the same folder, just as you described. MaryL |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
However, I do a lot of "back ups" that
are really copies -- I simply copy everything in Data Files with one click, and I prefer that to the default. My Documents is intended to provide the same function. You can make subfolders of My Documents (and I do) and similarly back up everything in My Documents. Although the actual location of My Documents is "deeply nested," it is hard-wired to be visible at a top level, which makes it easy to access. It's a built-in shortcut on the Start menu, in Windows Explorer, and in the Office Places Bar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... "Gordon" wrote in message ... "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... I do not like the default location MS uses for saving files (deeply nested). Instead, I have a "Data Files" folder directly under C:\, and I create folders there for my documents. I have set Word to open to the correct folder, but I have found that when I save or "save as" a document, it often ends up in the nested folder established by MS. How can I change this so Word will save documents in whatever folder I am currently using? I am using Vista Home Premium and Office 2007. The default location is C:/User/{your account name}/Documents. How is that "deeply" nested? Mine was being saved to this location: C:\Users\Mary\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft. Oddly, the problem seems to have been solved. I had already set the Default file location to my preference, but it still saved to the folder I just listed. As a final attempt, I changed the AutoRecover file location to an AutoSave folder I created because the path listed had been the same as what I just described as the default location. I have no idea why that would change the positon where new files are being saved, but it did -- they are now being saved to my preferred location. I have a folder called C:\Data Files. I create data folders under that name -- one for WordPerfect (with numerous sub-folders), one for Word, one for Quattro Pro, one for my diabetes test results, etc. I do use a lot of categories in WordPerfect and Quattro Pro, and it's possible that I will eventually do the same with Word. However, I do a lot of "back ups" that are really copies -- I simply copy everything in Data Files with one click, and I prefer that to the default. MaryL |
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How can I set Office to save documents in the current folder?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... However, I do a lot of "back ups" that are really copies -- I simply copy everything in Data Files with one click, and I prefer that to the default. My Documents is intended to provide the same function. You can make subfolders of My Documents (and I do) and similarly back up everything in My Documents. Although the actual location of My Documents is "deeply nested," it is hard-wired to be visible at a top level, which makes it easy to access. It's a built-in shortcut on the Start menu, in Windows Explorer, and in the Office Places Bar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Thanks. I think I will try that since most of my programs did have My Documents as the default backup folder (and I had to change the -- which was easily done -- to use the system I described). For some reason, Word was not backing up to My Documents. It was using the much-more-deeply-nested folder that I described earlier, going through AppData (which is not even visible unless I go to Control Panel and check Show hidden files and folders. -- MaryL |
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