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PPT7: Changing the Working Directory in PowerPoint

Article ID: 135321

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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SUMMARY

This article describes steps to change the default working directory in PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0. By default, PowerPoint will open presentations from and save presentations to the My Documents folder.

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To change the working directory:
  1. Open a presentation in PowerPoint.
  2. Click Options on the Tools menu.
  3. Click the Advanced tab.
  4. In the Default File Location box, type the name of the folder in which you would like to open presentations from and save them to by default. You must enter the entire path including the drive letter. For example, type:

    c:\msoffice\powerpnt\files\save

  5. Click OK.

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