Change default location in Publisher 2007

[Noel S Pamfree]

My research on the web seems to indicate that for some inexplicable reason
it is not possible to change the default location in Publisher 2007.

This is really annoying as every time I try to open a document Publisher
looks in 'My documents' and not the folder I use.

I found the following information on the web but when I click on 'Tools' in
the 'Open dialogue box' I do not get the option to 'add to my places':

"You can only add the folder to 'my places' and cannot choose a default file
location in Publisher 2007. When you go to save the file, in the save as
dialog box after browsing to the desired location to save the file, click on
Tools -> add to my places. So the next time you save or open documents, the
folder/drive which you have added will appear under the save in/look in."

Any help would be appreciated.

Noel

 

[Mary Sauer]

The quote you posted is correct. In Vista you can add a Publisher folder to
Favorite Links. Hopefully this will be addressed in the next service pack.

If you have Windows XP, when you save as, do you not have a "Tools" drop down in
the Save in menu?

 

[Noel S Pamfree]

Thanks for the reply and sorry for not stating I have XP!

When I click on the 'Tools' menu in the 'Save As' dialogue box I only get
these three options:

Delete
Rename
Map Network Drive.

Noel

 

[Mary Sauer]

Noel, This maybe helpful. There is a registry fix.
How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the Save As dialog boxes
in Office
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/826214