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Old 12-10-2023, 03:51 PM
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I doubt this is possible - but thought I'd ask !


I use Libraries extensively to get, quickly, to folders scattered across a large filing system.
So I would like to set Word's defaiult file location to point to "Libraries" in File Explorer - then I can choose the Library in which I'd like to save a document.
But "Libraries" is a "virtual container" and I haven't found a way to point to it in Word options for the default file location - or at least to open the Libraries section of File Explorer when I go to Save.
Can this be done ?
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It looks like you can't set the default Save location to a specific library but you can set it to the Libraries folder one level up so you are 'almost' there. Is that close enough?
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Hi Andrew, that is certainly close enough - in fact exactly what I was looking for.
I've set the default location to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Libraries
Works a treat
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Martin
PS There is no space in "Wind ows" as shown above. This site puts the space in for reasons I know not !
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