Saving documents in the same folder

Question

Word 2003 did not close--even when no document was still open--until I closed it.  This meant that if I created a new document Word 2003 assumed I wanted to save it in the same folder in which I had last saved a document. Sometimes its guess was wrong but muich of the time it was right.  Word 2010 closes when the last open document is closed, whether I waqnt to close Word or not.  If I reopen Word 2010 and create a document I intend to save in the same folder where I had saved my most recent document--maybe just a few minutes earlier--I have to start at the beginning and click my way through layer upon layer of folders and subfolders to get back to where I was just a little earlier.  This is pretty annoying, especially since I know no way of creating shortcuts.  And changing my "default" folder (I just noticed that my default folder for saving documents does not actually exist!!  At least not on MY computer!  Go figure!) isn't much of an answer; I consider the default folder as a place where a document may get saved accidentally--so at least it's saved somewhere and I have a decent chance of finding it later.  Is this a Word 2010 problem?  Or have I missed something else in the 2003-2010 transition?

Answer 1

So where is the Default location set in your installation of Word that doesn't exist? It sounds a most unlikely scenario as the standard installation uses the Windows Documents folder in the User's Profile. Check in Word Options, Advanced, File Locations Button (at the bottom of the dialog) to check or change where Word saves your documents by default.

If you don't want Word to close with the last document, either use File>Close or Ctrl+W (the close pane command for virtually every Windows Application).

Answer 2

No apology needed. Many users find it weird that Word closes wth the 'last' document.

If you have pinned a Word start shortcut to the Taskbar, if you right-click the icon, you see the Jump List (which is basically the files from Word's MRU used list). If you were working on a file and cannot find the location, it should still be in the Jump List.

Note that you can pin documents to Jump list and adjust the number of files to be listed in Taskbar Properties.

Answer 3

Thanks!  I was accustomed to clicking an X in the upper right corner of the screen in Word 2003 where one x closed the current document and a larger X closed Word.  (Sound of missing Word 2003)

As to the default location I changed it as soon as I saw the problem (after first checking to see if I could actually find the wierd location).  Unfortunately I can't remember the original setting.  My apologies.