Change file save location

[tmadel]

I am using Word 2004 version 11.2 and for the life of me I can't figure
out how to pick a specific folder to save a file to.

When I choose file - save as, the dialog box opens. When I click on
the drop down box for Location, I receive a number of options: standard
locations including desktop, documents, Macintosh HD, etc. and then I
also receive recent locations.

I can't figure out how to navigate my folders stored under documents -
what am I missing?

 

[malcolm peskoff]

I am using Word 2004 version 11.2 and for the life of me I can't figure
out how to pick a specific folder to save a file to.

When I choose file - save as, the dialog box opens. When I click on
the drop down box for Location, I receive a number of options: standard
locations including desktop, documents, Macintosh HD, etc. and then I
also receive recent locations.

I can't figure out how to navigate my folders stored under documents -
what am I missing?

 

[malcolm peskoff]

I am using Word 2004 version 11.2 and for the life of me I can't figure
out how to pick a specific folder to save a file to.

When I choose file - save as, the dialog box opens. When I click on
the drop down box for Location, I receive a number of options: standard
locations including desktop, documents, Macintosh HD, etc. and then I
also receive recent locations.

I can't figure out how to navigate my folders stored under documents -
what am I missing?

This is simple. I have been using Word for Macintosh since the start,
and Apple computers since the 1980's.
1. When using Word first use the SAVE AS, else you change the template.
2. SAVE AS sometimes saves the document where it wants the document to
go.
Most of the time the document goes to a Document folder.
You can create a new folder and store the documents there.
Or go to documents and locate the item.
If you place the document on Desktop it appears on Desktop as you or MS
Word tagged it.
To change the tag, click on the item, and hold down the return key.
Then you can rename the item. But do not erase the end of the tag,
else you can not send it by email.

 

[Hugh Watkins]

You are not the first to be caught by that very poor UI element.
In the save dialogue, click the black triangle in the blue jellybean to
the right of the of the "save as" text box. When it points UP, the
finder picker you are looking for appears BELOW the other text box
labelled "Where:"

The labels are meaningless. The text box arrangement is inverted. The
arrow points the wrong way. Apple uncharacteristically stuffed this up
thoroughly. If a tellytubby panel popped up asking if I *really* want
to save the file, I'd think I was in Windows XP

the "classic" os 8 or 9 was better
and Win XP much much better
I just save on the desktop and tidy up afterwards

Hughb W

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

See Elliot's answer. He hinted, but did not emphasize, that this is Apple's
design and a part of the OS--which means you might run into the same issue
again in other programs, so don't forgot about that blue triangle.

This is simple. I have been using Word for Macintosh since the start,
and Apple computers since the 1980's.
1. When using Word first use the SAVE AS, else you change the template.

This should not be true....you will only be working in the template if you
navigated to it and double-clicked, and you shouldn't do that. If you want a
document based on a template, use File | Project Gallery to create it. If
cmd-N or File| New Blank Doc are opening your Normal template, you've got
problems, and post back.

2. SAVE AS sometimes saves the document where it wants the document to
go.
Most of the time the document goes to a Document folder.
You can create a new folder and store the documents there.
Or go to documents and locate the item.
If you place the document on Desktop it appears on Desktop as you or MS
Word tagged it.

You can set a default location by changing the Documents setting in Word |
Preferences | File Locations. I'm a little confused right now by what Save
As uses.

Once you've clicked the blue triangle to get a real Save dialog, there are a
number of things you can do to make it easy to access frequently used
locations for efficient saving. I keep a Favorites folder in the Sidebar,
but there are a lot of utilities to help with this as well.

To change the tag, click on the item, and hold down the return key.
Then you can rename the item. But do not erase the end of the tag,
else you can not send it by email.

The 3 letters after the "." in the name are more frequently called
extensions. If you are using Entourage to email, by the way, you can set
the preferences to automatically add the extension to files if necessary,
when you email it. Mail may do the same, haven't tried it.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Daiya:

You can set a default location by changing the Documents setting in Word |
Preferences | File Locations. I'm a little confused right now by what Save
As uses.

You and me both. I think the rule is:

Save As uses File Locations on the FIRST save after Word startup. On Second
and subsequent, it uses Current Folder, which is automatically set to the
location of the most recent Save.

Unlike WinWord, MacWord does not update Current Location on OPEN, only on
SAVE.

The 3 letters after the "." in the name are more frequently called
extensions. If you are using Entourage to email, by the way, you can set
the preferences to automatically add the extension to files if necessary,
when you email it. Mail may do the same, haven't tried it.

I would go even further. Personally, I don't remove extensions ever.
Windows hasn't needed them since 1995, but Unix is rather fond of them, and
OS X is Unix, not Mac OS

Cheers

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Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
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