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SAVE AS and EXPLORER WINDOW
When I select OPEN under FILE I have it set up such that D:/ shows up in the
Explorer-type window that appears. However, when I select SAVE AS for a document I don't want D:/ to appear in the Explorer window that opens, but rather I want to have DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS show up as the place to save the document. Unfortunately, it appears that the two actions cannot be separated. Whatever point is selected on the disk (i.e., Windows Explorer) to appear in the Explorer window when OPEN is clicked winds up being the same place that shows up in the Explorer window when SAVE AS is selected. I cannot find any way to separate these two actions. I ask this because I often don't pay attention to where I am saving something because many programs allow you to set it up to save a file where you wish. Once it is set up as such, if one for the most part always saves something to the same place then one often never thinks about it again. |
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Word lets you set a default folder for documents. This same folder is the
default for opening documents and for saving them. If, as I suspect, you are opening documents that are forms, making changes, and using Save As to save to a new name and location, you would be better off saving your form documents as templates. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. Then use File New rather than File Open when you want a new document. File New does give you selections from your templates folder (which is very different from your documents folder). -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "gman" wrote in message news When I select OPEN under FILE I have it set up such that D:/ shows up in the Explorer-type window that appears. However, when I select SAVE AS for a document I don't want D:/ to appear in the Explorer window that opens, but rather I want to have DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS show up as the place to save the document. Unfortunately, it appears that the two actions cannot be separated. Whatever point is selected on the disk (i.e., Windows Explorer) to appear in the Explorer window when OPEN is clicked winds up being the same place that shows up in the Explorer window when SAVE AS is selected. I cannot find any way to separate these two actions. I ask this because I often don't pay attention to where I am saving something because many programs allow you to set it up to save a file where you wish. Once it is set up as such, if one for the most part always saves something to the same place then one often never thinks about it again. |
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Thanks for you input, Charles.
gman "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Word lets you set a default folder for documents. This same folder is the default for opening documents and for saving them. If, as I suspect, you are opening documents that are forms, making changes, and using Save As to save to a new name and location, you would be better off saving your form documents as templates. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. Then use File New rather than File Open when you want a new document. File New does give you selections from your templates folder (which is very different from your documents folder). -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "gman" wrote in message news When I select OPEN under FILE I have it set up such that D:/ shows up in the Explorer-type window that appears. However, when I select SAVE AS for a document I don't want D:/ to appear in the Explorer window that opens, but rather I want to have DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS show up as the place to save the document. Unfortunately, it appears that the two actions cannot be separated. Whatever point is selected on the disk (i.e., Windows Explorer) to appear in the Explorer window when OPEN is clicked winds up being the same place that shows up in the Explorer window when SAVE AS is selected. I cannot find any way to separate these two actions. I ask this because I often don't pay attention to where I am saving something because many programs allow you to set it up to save a file where you wish. Once it is set up as such, if one for the most part always saves something to the same place then one often never thinks about it again. |
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