Change path to files

[Happy]

Currently, when I open MSWord for example, then go on to open a file, I am
presented with the "My Documents" file. I then have to scroll to the Word
documents line, and click that. Is there a way to cut out this, what seems
to be unnecessary, step?
(Wasn't sure if this should have been asked in the MSWord group, but since
the same thing happens in Excel and PPT, I decided to try here)

 

[Gordon]

Currently, when I open MSWord for example, then go on to open a file, I am
presented with the "My Documents" file. I then have to scroll to the Word
documents line, and click that. Is there a way to cut out this, what seems
to be unnecessary, step?
(Wasn't sure if this should have been asked in the MSWord group, but since
the same thing happens in Excel and PPT, I decided to try here)

In Word go to Tools-Options-File locations. There. that wasn't very hard,
was it?

 

[Happy]

Bingo!!! Easy if you know how, -- now I do! Thanks for your help.

 

[Happy]

Interesting that Word allows you to browse to the file folder you want to
specify. PPT and Excel don't: you have to type it in...............

 

[Gordon]

Interesting that Word allows you to browse to the file folder you want to
specify. PPT and Excel don't: you have to type it in...............

excel 2003 certainly does.....Tools-options-General and PowerPoint 2003 the
same except you need Tools-Options-Save.....

 

[DL]

What exactly do you mean by ' word documents line' ?

 

[Happy]

excel 2003 certainly does.....Tools-options-General and PowerPoint 2003
the same except you need Tools-Options-Save.....

So within those two, how do you browse to it? I see the spot to type it
in............

 

[Happy]

What exactly do you mean by ' word documents line' ?

Sorry, what I mean is that when you click File> Open you arrive at "Office
Word Documents" instead of "My Documents" which is where mine was. Now that
I see the solution, it is simple............ but I couldn't see an apparent
solution before.

 

[NewScience]

There is a Freeware app, FileEx, that allows you to do this (PLUS MUCH
MORE), for any application, not just Office.

 

[Gordon]

So within those two, how do you browse to it? I see the spot to type it
in............

After you have changed the file location for documents, when you do
File-Open it automatically starts in the folder you specified.....

 

[Happy]

Thanks!

After you have changed the file location for documents, when you do
File-Open it automatically starts in the folder you specified.....