Save In Options 1

[mphayesuk]

What I want to do is chnage the default folders that appear on the left pane when you come to "save as" a document in any of the office apps, the current default is "My Documents", "Desktop" ect...

Can anyone help

 

[carrr]

In Word:
Tools > Options > File Locations > Documents > Mofidy...

In Excel:
Tools > Options > General > Default file location:

In Powerpoint: Tools > Options > Advanced > Default file location:

In Access: Tools > Options > General > Default databases folder:



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[mphayesuk]

Thanks but thats not what I meant.... If you go to "save as" a dialogue box appears that allows you to specify where to save... on the left hand side there are shortcuts to default places like "Desktop" and "My Documents", it is this list of default locations that I am wanting ti change.

Thanks

 

[sawedoff]

See the following tip in Microsoft's Knowledge base:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282087#2

That should help.

Sawedoff

 

[mphayesuk]

Thanks that was spot on.

 

[sawedoff]

You're welcome, glad it helped. Thanks for the shiny thing.

Sawedoff

 

[tf1]

The bar you refer to is called the My Places Bar. In either the File Open or File Save dialog, you need to navigate to the folder you want to add: don't actually open it but just make sure that it is highlighted in the Folder List. The use Tools, Add to My Place.

Also note that if you right-click on the My Places Bar, you can choose SMall Icon: that lets you put loads more links to Folders. There is also a dirty registry hack to remove the rather redundant options offered by default.

Regards: tf1