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Customize Save As Locations in Word, Excel 2007

August 25th, 2008 | by Loren |

In the Save As dialog box in Word, the left-hand navigation bar shows a few locations where you might save a file. This bar can be customized to display the folders you frequently save to with the following steps:

  1. Use the Save In box to go to the folder you want to add; the folder name should appear in the Save In box. (A good time to add folders is when you are accessing them to open a file anyway.)
  2. Right-click the navigation bar on the left, then click the Add ‘Your Fold…’ in the menu that appears.
  3. Your folder will now be in the list. Right-click on it and use the Move Up or Move Down options to place it where you want. You may have to right-click and choose Move multiple times.

The next time you want to save in the folder you added, you’ll just single-click on the folder name in the bar. Any folders you add in Word will be inherited by the other Office programs.

Notice that the right-click (context) menu also displays a Remove option that can be used to delete the shortcut.


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  1. 2 Responses to “Customize Save As Locations in Word, Excel 2007”

  2. By Michael Bakker on Jan 26, 2009 | Reply

    Nice tip!

    Is there a way to do this programmatically, e.g. add locations in a sharepoint site collection?

  3. By Julie J on Sep 19, 2008 | Reply

    This is really a neat tip. It will save me a lot of time. Thanks

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