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Word 2003 - Even though I have chosen a particular path for the file
location under tools/options, when I open Word (for the first time) it defaults to the last directory I was working in and not the directory I have chosen as the file location. How can I default to the desired directory when opening Word? |
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Are you opening Word using a shortcut on the desktop, Start menu, or Quick
Launch bar or are you double-clicking on a document? If the latter, I would expect the Save folder to be the one where that document is located. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... Word 2003 - Even though I have chosen a particular path for the file location under tools/options, when I open Word (for the first time) it defaults to the last directory I was working in and not the directory I have chosen as the file location. How can I default to the desired directory when opening Word? |
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I would be opening either from a shortcut on the desktop or the Quick Launch
bar. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you opening Word using a shortcut on the desktop, Start menu, or Quick Launch bar or are you double-clicking on a document? If the latter, I would expect the Save folder to be the one where that document is located. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... Word 2003 - Even though I have chosen a particular path for the file location under tools/options, when I open Word (for the first time) it defaults to the last directory I was working in and not the directory I have chosen as the file location. How can I default to the desired directory when opening Word? |
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In that case, I can't think of any reasonable explanation unless there's an
AutoExec macro changing the folder. I assume you've checked Tools | Options | File Locations to make sure that your folder setting has been saved? There are a number of problems that can cause Options settings not to be retained. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... I would be opening either from a shortcut on the desktop or the Quick Launch bar. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you opening Word using a shortcut on the desktop, Start menu, or Quick Launch bar or are you double-clicking on a document? If the latter, I would expect the Save folder to be the one where that document is located. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... Word 2003 - Even though I have chosen a particular path for the file location under tools/options, when I open Word (for the first time) it defaults to the last directory I was working in and not the directory I have chosen as the file location. How can I default to the desired directory when opening Word? |
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Yes, I've check the file location setting and it is definitely where I want
it to be. I can't imagine that an autoexec macro would be the "culprit" because, I would think, that would open a "specific" folder (other than the one I want) rather than the last folder accessed. We just had 2003 installed within the past few days and it has acted this way from the start. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In that case, I can't think of any reasonable explanation unless there's an AutoExec macro changing the folder. I assume you've checked Tools | Options | File Locations to make sure that your folder setting has been saved? There are a number of problems that can cause Options settings not to be retained. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... I would be opening either from a shortcut on the desktop or the Quick Launch bar. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you opening Word using a shortcut on the desktop, Start menu, or Quick Launch bar or are you double-clicking on a document? If the latter, I would expect the Save folder to be the one where that document is located. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... Word 2003 - Even though I have chosen a particular path for the file location under tools/options, when I open Word (for the first time) it defaults to the last directory I was working in and not the directory I have chosen as the file location. How can I default to the desired directory when opening Word? |
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Hmm, good point. The only situation where I've seen the folder change
unexpectedly is when I've been so foolish as to follow a hyperlink to a Web page from within a document. This seems to reset File Open to my default folder (or sometimes even My Documents). Note, however, that the default Save As folder will always be the folder the document is in. But I gather that it's the File | Open folder that you're talking about here, and I just can't see how this could change. Even if there were a FileOpen macro operating here, as you say, it would have to open to some specific folder; if Word has been closed, it would require a lot of fancy VBA footwork to make a macro that would remember the last-used folder. One other factor that might be relevant: Are you using Word as your Outlook mail editor? If so, I believe there is always an instance of Word running in the background while Outlook is open. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... Yes, I've check the file location setting and it is definitely where I want it to be. I can't imagine that an autoexec macro would be the "culprit" because, I would think, that would open a "specific" folder (other than the one I want) rather than the last folder accessed. We just had 2003 installed within the past few days and it has acted this way from the start. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In that case, I can't think of any reasonable explanation unless there's an AutoExec macro changing the folder. I assume you've checked Tools | Options | File Locations to make sure that your folder setting has been saved? There are a number of problems that can cause Options settings not to be retained. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... I would be opening either from a shortcut on the desktop or the Quick Launch bar. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you opening Word using a shortcut on the desktop, Start menu, or Quick Launch bar or are you double-clicking on a document? If the latter, I would expect the Save folder to be the one where that document is located. -- 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. "Jan G" wrote in message ... Word 2003 - Even though I have chosen a particular path for the file location under tools/options, when I open Word (for the first time) it defaults to the last directory I was working in and not the directory I have chosen as the file location. How can I default to the desired directory when opening Word? |
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