Tell Word 2007 Where to Save Your Documents

Article by Krystyne20 (1,271 pts ) , published Mar 3, 2009

If you frequently save your Word 2007 documents to a different location, learn how easy it is to designate where you want your Word documents saved by default. Also learn how to saved Word 2007 documents to CD or a USB flash drive.

Designate Where to Save Your Word 2007 Documents

The following steps will take you through the process of changing Word 2007's default location for storing your Word documents.

1. Open up Microsoft Word 2007 and click the Microsoft Office button. This button is the colorful Microsoft Office logo that is located in the upper left corner of the Word 2007 window.

2. Click the Word Options button located at the bottom of the window.

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3. When the Word Options window opens, select Advanced from the choices in the pane on the left side of the window.

4. Scroll all the way down until you see the General section. Then click the File Locations button.

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5. In the File Locations dialog box you will see a list of File Types. From that list, select the one called Documents. (Just click on it one time to select it.)

6. With Documents selected, click the Modify button.

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7. At the top of the Modify Location window, click the drop-down arrow to select the location that you want your files to be saved to. You can also select a location from the Organize panel on the left. The location that you choose here is where Word 2007 will default to when you save a Word document.

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Saving Word 2007 Documents to CD or USB Flash Drive

There may be times when you'll want to save a document to a CD or flash drive. When that happens, just follow these steps:

  1. Click the Microsoft Office button.
  2. Select Save As.
  3. Select Other Formats.
  4. From the Folders list, select the media that you want to save to.

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Helpful Tips

Remember to always save your documents frequently while working on them. Otherwise you risk losing data if the computer shuts off due to an unexpected power failure, or any other computer problems. The keyboard shortcut to save documents is CTRL+S.

Conclusion

You have now successfully changed Microsoft Word 2007's default "save to" location. Now whenever you go to save a document, this location will automatically be chosen for you.

 
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