Word 2010 - Different Save Location for Different Templates?

Charles Kenyon · #2 05-24-2012, 11:03 AM

Yes, it is possible, but not easy. I would do this by putting an AutoNew in your macro-enabled template that changes the File Open directory (which is the default File Save directory).

The following macro will change the file save path and force an immediate save when a new document is created based on the template that contains the macro.

Code:

Sub AutoNew()
'
    Dim strNewPath As String
    strNewPath = "C:\desired location\" ' Set save location
    ChangeFileOpenDirectory strNewPath
    ActiveDocument.Save
End Sub

You would set the actual path in the line setting the value for strNewPath. Note that the path has to end with a backslash \

Users will need to have macros trusted in the template location. Note that this will temporarily set the place for File>Open if they try opening another document, just as it would if they were to manually save the file in that directory.

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