Save to My Documents not Templates

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Tor-Eddie

I need help to change the default setting for saving
documents. Every time I click on "Save" or "Save As..",
the save window takes me to "Templates".
I would like to go directly to "My Documents" and be able
to select the appropriate file folder to save to.
In "Tools" - "Options" - "File Locations" it says
under "File type" that the "Location" is "D:\MY
DOCUMENTS" (D is the drive where I store all my work).
Only "User templates" shows the
location "C:\...\Microsoft\Templates.

How can I change so I go directly to My Documents?

Tor-Eddie
 
If I am reading this correctly, go to:
Tools
Options
Select SAVE tab on top of pop up
File Locations
Modify
Look In: then find the drive
Click OK, OK

Every work document that you try to save will defauld to this.

I hope I've helped you,
Debbie K
 
Select "Tools" then "Options" then "File Locations". Highlight "User Templates" then click the "MODIFY..." button.
Choose the folder you want to save templates to, then click OK, OK...
 
Debbie,

Thanks for your quick reply. Unfortunately, that is
exactly the procedure I've used but still I can't change
the way "Save" and "Save As" works.

I've set the option to look in "D:\MY DOCUMENTS", which
is where I store all my documents. It appears as a
desktop icon (folder with a document sticking out of it).

Any further ideas?

Tor-Eddie
 
The reason for your problem is (almost certainly) that you have an open
template (even if it says ".doc" that you are trying to save as a document.
Word won't let you save a template as a document. You can tell if this is
the situation by the name in the title bar. If it says Microsoft Word
document2 or the like, you have created a new document, otherwise, if it has
a name, you have opened an existing document (template).

The way to use templates is to store them in your templates folder, either
the user templates folder or the workgroup templates folder. Then, to create
a new document (which can be saved as a document in My documents) use File
=> New and select your template.

Once Word thinks of something as a template, there is no way to change this
designation. The only thing to do is to create a new document based on the
template as discussed above.

A template can have a .doc extension if the user changes the extension in
Windows or if you have Windows set to hide extensions for known file types.
The latter is not a good setting and is the default for all versions of
Windows I've tried. If you have this setting (in Windows) the real name of
the document is mydoc.doc.dot and you don't see the .dot extension.
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If I am reading this correctly, go to:
Tools
Options
Select SAVE tab on top of pop up
File Locations
Modify
Look In: then find the drive
Click OK, OK

Every work document that you try to save will defauld to this.

I hope I've helped you,
Debbie K
 
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