Thank you. Your instructions qre clear. I also figured out that I was leaving
out the backslash/stroke at the end of the path.

Marian

"Chirag" wrote:

I think Office applications are somewhat consistent for the save path.

For Word, Excel, PowerPoint: Click on the "Office" button (or press Alt+F)
and click "<app Options" (or press I), click the "Save" category on the
left. Check the "Default file location" box.

For Access: Click on the "Office" button (or press Alt+F) and click "<app
Options" (or press I), click the "Popular" category. Check the "Default
database folder" box.

- Chirag

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"Marian M." wrote in message
...
How can I change the default document path for Office programs to a
specific
path that I want to use, rather than being stuck with
\users\myname\documents\etc? I have been able to set the 'save path' in
Excel
to where I want, but not the 'open path', and I can't even see how to set
the
save path in Word, Access & the other Office programs.

Marian