Saving Word Documents Locally

Question

I am using Office 2007 on Windows 8.1 - when I open Word and want to find a document, the default is to open, find or save the document on SkyDrive.  At this point I want to change the default to find or save or open to my local documents folder.  Is there a way to change the default so I am not going to SkyDrive but stay on my local computer?

Answer 1

As far as I know, you can't prevent Word from suggesting SkyDrive—unless you are running Word 2013, where there is a new option to "Save to Computer by default" at File tab | Options | Save.

For what it's worth, the method to disable SkyDrive integration is also documented here: http://www.howtogeek.com/167058/how-to-disable-skydrive-integration-in-windows-8.1/.

Answer 2

thank you Stefan -

Has anyone tried to disable SkyDrive - or is there another way to save locally? - I am a little reluctant to try this, as the first link you steered me wasn't very reassuring....

Answer 3

You can disable SkyDrive integration in the operating system. As documented in the thread at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/0e840d9d-c8c0-4e0b-8620-7e9adc3b4d8d/it-is-possible-to-disable-skydrive-right?forum=officesetupdeploy, see http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Disable-SkyDrive-Integration-in-Windows-8-1-Preview-365867.shtml. (I'm not running Windows 8.1 myself so I haven't tested the option.)

Answer 4

Thanks, Stefan - sorry to be so long to respond.

The location specified in dialog box (above) is the C:\users\april\documents file - my default user profile. Yet still, when I go to my word program... it default saves and opens to my skydrive\documents folder...

I am trying to make my default so I am not going to SkyDrive but saving and opening on my local c: drive.

Thanks!

Answer 5

Which folder has been specified as the Documents folder in the File Locations dialog box (Office button | Word Options | Advanced | File Locations)?