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Change your default folder from My Documents!

Posted By : Michal of Data Doctors on August 22, 2003

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Whether your out of space or just cluttered up, you can fix this by changing your default folder from My Documents to any other folder you want.

This question was answered on August 22, 2003. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.


Is your My Documents folder getting cluttered? You can make any folder the default folder for saving Word documents by using a feature in the tools menu

Follow the steps below to clean the clutter:

1 Open your Tools | Options dialog

2 Go to the File Locations tab

3 Select Documents & click on Modify

4 browse to a new folder in the Look in field

5 Click on OK & your done

Now you have cleaned up clutter and organized your folder as needed.

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Posted by Michal of Data Doctors on August 22, 2003

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