Microsoft KB Archive/130296

Mac Works: Works Always Opens/Saves Files in Documents Folder

PSS ID Number: Q130296 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.0 4.0a 4.0b

MACINTOSH

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= SUMMARY =

When you open an existing document or save a document on a Macintosh using System 7.5, Works automatically selects the Microsoft Works 4.0 folder or a folder named Documents as the default document location.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To choose another default folder, use the following steps:

  From the Apple Menu, choose Control Panels.   Double-click the “General Controls” Control panel.   In the “Documents” section, do one of the following:  Select Folder Which Contains The Application to save and open documents from the Microsoft Works 4.0 folder.

-or-  Select Documents Folder to save and open documents from the Documents folder.   Close the Control Panel. </li></ol>

Documents now open and save within Works from your chosen location.

KBCategory: kbenv kbusage kbprb KBSubcategory: mwksmisc macworkskb

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