Hi Judy,
A few things you might be able to do ...
Rather than set the default, you could put the user's preferred folder into
the File>Open dialog's "My Places" bar (the bar at the extreme left of the
dialog). The user would have to click it each time but that might be good
enough.
You can do this as follows:
Click File>Open.
Navigate to the folder you want.
In the dialog, click the dialog's Tools menu.
Select 'Add to "My Places"'.
You may have to use the "My Places" bar's little up or down arrows to locate
the folder if it is not showing in the bar.
If the folder icon is in an unsuitable position in the bar, you can
right-click it and move it up or down one or more places.
An alternative might be to create a template and create a macro in it called
FileOpen that in effect intercepts Word's built-in FileOpen command. Then
place the template in the user's Word startup folder (the one shown in
Tools>Options/File locations>Startup).
One version of the macro is shown below. You would need to change the value
of the PreferredFolder constant. (Don't omit the final backslash.)
Sub FileOpen()
Const PreferredFolder As String = "c:\test\"
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Name = PreferredFolder
.Show
End With
End Sub
A third approach might be to create a similar macro called something other
than FileOpen in a template stored in the user's Word startup folder, and
then add a toolbar button to run it.
Regards.
Ed
