Saving to a Folder on the Server

When working on your computer at home, you probably just save your files to My Documents. This is a folder on your computer's hard drive. However, while working at school, you probably have to navigate to your folder located on a server. While not difficult, it is often tedious. There's a way that you can make your folder on the server the default location to save.

In Word:

1. Under the Tools menu, select Options.
2. Click on the File Locations tab. The following window will appear:
3. Select Documents (the first item on the list), then click on the Modify... button.
4. Find your folder on the server, then click OK until you are back in the Word window.

Now, when you save a file, Word will automatically go to your folder on the server.

Another quick tip: when you are saving a document for the first time (thus giving it a file name), use the F12 at the top of the keyboard! It's the same thing as File...Save As, just faster! (This works with Word, PowerPoint and Excel.)

(See, it won't be all ranting and raving in this blog!)