How do I manage my documents and create file folders?

[kmscrain]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I'm sure this is a silly question, but how do I keep track of my word docs? right now I just have a huge list, but I'd like to keep them in separate folders. Is this possible? Thank you!

 

[CyberTaz]

This is actually an OS file management issue & certainly is the right
direction to go. See Mac Help on Creating a Folder. Folders can also be
created "on the fly" through the Save As dialog of most any program.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[NuSu Bauerle]

I'm sure this is a silly question, but how do I keep track of my word
docs? right now I just have a huge list, but I'd like to keep them in
separate folders. Is this possible? Thank you!

 

[NuSu]

I just converted to Mac & am having the same problem - doesn't seem to have the same format as PC - I would appreciate you sharing your solution . . . I am desperate!

 

[Clive Huggan]

Dear [whoever],

You can't create folders from within Word. You need to create the folders in
the Finder, which is what's visible when you click on the desktop. Look up
Mac Help (far right-hand item on the top menu bar on the screen) for
"Creating a folder".

Make sure the folders are put in the Finder's "Documents" folder (or in
folders that are in turn in the "Documents" folder) -- not where Microsoft
Word is located.

You'll probably find it less frustrating in adapting to the Mac if you get
hold of a "Leopard for Dummies" (assuming you are in Leopard -- you don't
say) or similar book. I saw a review a while back of a [Pc to Mac]
'switcher's" manual that had PC procedures on the left page and the Mac
procedures on the right; that should be useful.

Be consoled: It ends up being quite simple, and the challenge is to find the
quickest, simplest way of finding out how. ;-)

Good luck,

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[VaWoodHog]

This is actually an OS file management issue & certainly is the right
direction to go. See Mac Help on Creating a Folder. Folders can also be
created "on the fly" through the Save As dialog of most any program.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

In my Word 2008, there is a button in the bottom right corner of the
Save dialog box to create folders.

 

[CyberTaz]

In my Word 2008, there is a button in the bottom right corner of the
Save dialog box to create folders.

Not to be picky but it's in the bottom *left* corner, although I doubt
anyone would miss it once they begin to look ;-) Problem is it doesn't show
up unless the Save As dialog is expanded using the "triangle" button just
right of the Save As: filename field. [On a Tiger system anyway, but I
believe Leopard is the same.]

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Clive Huggan]

In my Word 2008, there is a button in the bottom right corner of the
Save dialog box to create folders.

Not to be picky but it's in the bottom *left* corner, although I doubt
anyone would miss it once they begin to look ;-) Problem is it doesn't show
up unless the Save As dialog is expanded using the "triangle" button just
right of the Save As: filename field. [On a Tiger system anyway, but I
believe Leopard is the same.]

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Agreed.

Just for info, the main reason I didn't mention this route at all but
recommended using the Finder was that in this instance I inferred the OP had
just started using the Mac, may well have needed to set up some structure in
the folders, and would need to know for other types of files too. The most
obvious requirement was to not have them in the Office folder. Once the
structure became at all hierarchical you wouldn't want to use the facility
from within Word for the initial set-up. (I admit I'm prejudiced against it
even after the initial setting-up. It feels like I'm looking at my Mac
through the slot in a letter box. Navigating up, down and across within it
seems such a waste of time when you can move around much more quickly in the
Finder and, if desired, use aliases to take short-cuts.)

Cheers,

Clive
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