creating file out of dotx - choosing save location

Question

Hi there

We work often with dotx files - respectivly we create new files based on dotx. Now if we want to save such a file, we allways have to click our way threw to get back to the folder we have placed that dotx - as it is the same folder in which we want to save the new docx's.

Is there a way to change that, so that for the new files the preset folder is automatically the one, from where you generated the file?

I hope the question is clear, otherwise just ask and I can try to paraphrase it some other way.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

When you save an untitled document (one that has not been saved to disk yet), Word suggests the default save location specified at File > Options > Save.

Answer 2

There's no option to changet that?

Answer 3

Word templates (dotx) files should be saved in either the User Templates folder or the Work Group Templates folder as defined under File>Options>Advanced>General>File Locations and are best accessed by adding the New Document or Template command to the Quick Access Toolbar as that will open the "classic" file new dialog that shows the contents of those two folders and of any sub-folders inside them on separate tabs in that dialog.

The files that you create from such templates should NOT be saved in either of those templates folders.  You however set the default folder in which your documents are saved by going to File>Options>Save and check the box for Save to Computer by Default and then set the Default local file location by clicking on the Browse button indicated in the following screen shot.

Answer 4

Thank you for your answer.

In our specific case its a template we need to adjust every two months and all files generated out of this template end up in the same folder (edit - specification: it's one folder for each version of the template, not one folder for everything). That's the reason the template is not in the generic template location and why I'd like to have the default location from this templates in the same folder as the template itself.

As I understand it, your solution sets the default folder for all word documents and not just the ones generated ouf of this specific dotx. Or am I wrong?