how to change default My Documents directory

[purplecap]

In any Office application, when I open to select a file I am always
taken to My Documents directory first, rather than the last directory I
was in.

Is there a way to change this view, so I don't need to keep navigating
from My Documents to the folder I was in last time I opened?

Thanks.
P.

 

[R. McCarty]

Generally, Click Tools, Options, File Locations (TAB) and set your
preferred destination folder there. However, it's a Static setting and
will not "Remember" the MRU (Most Recently Used) if manually set
to an alternate folder from the Browse window.

 

[Drew Tognola]

P,

* Open Word > Tools > Options > File Locations tab
* Click to highlight 'Documents', select 'Modify'
* Navigate & select the folder you want to open to each time
* Select 'OK'

Drew