Is there a way to make My documents the default folder for documents created
by Word 97? It seems they are going to "winword", a subdirectory under
MSOffice. The comuputer was donated to us (a church) and has Windows 98 and
Word 97 on it. Thanks for any help you can give.

In Word, click on Tools | Options | File Locations. Modify the
folder for "Documents" to whatever you want.

PrScooter wrote:

Is there a way to make My documents the default folder for documents created
by Word 97? It seems they are going to "winword", a subdirectory under
MSOffice. The comuputer was donated to us (a church) and has Windows 98 and
Word 97 on it. Thanks for any help you can give.

Thank you for the info. I tried to modify it to My Documents and it said
that Word could not find that folder. I then tried c:\mydocuments and c:\My
Documents and without the C:\ I am not sure what I'm doing wrong.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | File Locations. Modify the
folder for "Documents" to whatever you want.

PrScooter wrote:

Is there a way to make My documents the default folder for documents created
by Word 97? It seems they are going to "winword", a subdirectory under
MSOffice. The comuputer was donated to us (a church) and has Windows 98 and
Word 97 on it. Thanks for any help you can give.

My Documents is a fiction; the actual path is C:\Documents and
Settings\profile name\My Documents. But you should be able to navigate to
the folder in the Modify dialog. Unfortunately, this navigation is not
reflected in the dialog in the "Folder name" box in recent versions of Word.
What you can do, however, is navigate to the correct folder, then use the Up
One Level arrow to go to the next highest level. Select the folder in the
window and choose Open. This will open an Explorer window in which you can
use Ctrl+C to copy the file path from the address bar and Ctrl+V to paste it
into the "Folder name" box.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"PrScooter" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the info. I tried to modify it to My Documents and it said
that Word could not find that folder. I then tried c:\mydocuments and
c:\My
Documents and without the C:\ I am not sure what I'm doing wrong.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | File Locations. Modify the
folder for "Documents" to whatever you want.

PrScooter wrote:

Is there a way to make My documents the default folder for documents
created
by Word 97? It seems they are going to "winword", a subdirectory
under
MSOffice. The comuputer was donated to us (a church) and has Windows
98 and
Word 97 on it. Thanks for any help you can give.

I seem to remember that Windows 98 did not use the profile path for My
Documents. This came with Windows ME. It would be a plan to search for the
My Documents folder and enter its true path.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
My Documents is a fiction; the actual path is C:\Documents and
Settings\profile name\My Documents. But you should be able to
navigate to the folder in the Modify dialog. Unfortunately, this
navigation is not reflected in the dialog in the "Folder name" box in
recent versions of Word. What you can do, however, is navigate to the
correct folder, then use the Up One Level arrow to go to the next
highest level. Select the folder in the window and choose Open. This
will open an Explorer window in which you can use Ctrl+C to copy the
file path from the address bar and Ctrl+V to paste it into the
"Folder name" box.


"PrScooter" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the info. I tried to modify it to My Documents and it
said that Word could not find that folder. I then tried
c:\mydocuments and c:\My Documents and without the C:\ I am not
sure what I'm doing wrong.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | File Locations. Modify the
folder for "Documents" to whatever you want.

PrScooter wrote:

Is there a way to make My documents the default folder for
documents created by Word 97? It seems they are going to
"winword", a subdirectory under MSOffice. The comuputer was
donated to us (a church) and has Windows 98 and Word 97 on it.
Thanks for any help you can give.

Ah, indeed so. I overlooked that. Still a figment, though.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
I seem to remember that Windows 98 did not use the profile path for My
Documents. This came with Windows ME. It would be a plan to search for the
My Documents folder and enter its true path.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
My Documents is a fiction; the actual path is C:\Documents and
Settings\profile name\My Documents. But you should be able to
navigate to the folder in the Modify dialog. Unfortunately, this
navigation is not reflected in the dialog in the "Folder name" box in
recent versions of Word. What you can do, however, is navigate to the
correct folder, then use the Up One Level arrow to go to the next
highest level. Select the folder in the window and choose Open. This
will open an Explorer window in which you can use Ctrl+C to copy the
file path from the address bar and Ctrl+V to paste it into the
"Folder name" box.


"PrScooter" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the info. I tried to modify it to My Documents and it
said that Word could not find that folder. I then tried
c:\mydocuments and c:\My Documents and without the C:\ I am not
sure what I'm doing wrong.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | File Locations. Modify the
folder for "Documents" to whatever you want.

PrScooter wrote:

Is there a way to make My documents the default folder for
documents created by Word 97? It seems they are going to
"winword", a subdirectory under MSOffice. The comuputer was
donated to us (a church) and has Windows 98 and Word 97 on it.
Thanks for any help you can give.