Changing the default location for inserting objects

[Eva Whitley]

I apologize if this is a newbie question, but I didn't see a similar
question in the archives at Google Groups.

I'm working on a 100+ page document, which requires, in one section,
pasting in Power Point slides, one to a page. Doing
Insert>Object>Create from File brings me to a different directory than
I want to work in. Is there some way of changing default settings
(perhaps in Tools>Options) so doing Insert>Object>Create from File
brings up the folder these slides are saved in? Thanks for any help
you can give me! --Eva Whitley

 

[Chad DeMeyer]

Eva,

The default directory displayed when you do Insert>Object>Create from
File>Browse corresponds to the location specified for Documents in
Tools>Options>File Locations. However, this setting also affects the
default directory for File>Open, so you may want to implement the following
alternate solution: in Windows Explorer, right-click the folder where the
PowerPoint slides are saved and select Copy. Then, right-click on the
default location that is currently displayed when you browse for an object
to insert from file, and select "Paste Shortcut". Now, when you do the
Insert>Object>Create from File>Browse, you can double-click the shortcut to
jump to the location where the PowerPoint slides are saved.

Regards,
Chad