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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / January 2004Set default folder (?)
I click: Insert / Picture / From file/ and 'my pictures folder' window pops up. I have 'all' images located within Photos (G) drive. Is there a way to set the drive G as default vice 'My Pictures'? Thanks for all or any replies. 8^)  SignatureThe Old One thanks you for your reply. 8^) On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 09:19:59 -0800, in <O7n3S3h0DHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Oldun" <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote: >I click: Insert / Picture / From file/ and 'my pictures folder' window pops >up. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Thanks for all or any replies. 8^) You could try Tools->Options->File Locations. Then select "Clipart pictures" (Location is probably blank ... at least it was in my Word 2000) and click Modify. Navigate to your choice of drive and folder. Click OK and OK again. HTH hro Signaturemyssiwyg* ... making your support systems improve what you get! http://www.myssiwyg.ca/ The Clipart pictures location is a little quirky. If this path is blank then Word will remember the last folder you selected. If there is a path then Word will default to the folder specified each time you use the Insert/Picture/From File command. If you always use the same folder then this isn't a problem. But if you're like me and create several subfolder under a specific folder then returning to the parent folder each time can be a pain. What I do is leave the Clipart pictures location blank and use TweakUI to modify the location of "My Pictures" folder. This way I can have a default folder *and* retain the ability return to the last folder I selected. Note: If you have a path set for Clipart pictures and use Word 2002/2003 the only way I know of to delete the Clipart pictures path is to delete/rename the "PICTURE-PATH" value is in the Registry under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options Otherwise the path can be deleted in the Modify dialog box. SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 09:19:59 -0800, in > <O7n3S3h0DHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Oldun" <nospam@nowhere.com> > wrote: > You could try Tools->Options->File Locations. Then select "Clipart > pictures" (Location is probably blank ... at least it was in my Word > 2000) and click Modify. Navigate to your choice of drive and folder. > Click OK and OK again. This is the first time I've seen this spelled out, and it explains why this feature behaves differently for Cindy (and others) than for me. It's interesting that My Pictures doesn't seem to be set as the default in out-of-the-box Word, yet that is what is set in my copy of Word. Since I know I have never specified it, this must have been part of the Dell installation of Office XP. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > The Clipart pictures location is a little quirky. > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > 2000) and click Modify. Navigate to your choice of drive and folder. > > Click OK and OK again. Hi Suzanne, This one drove me nuts until I figured it out! Sometimes Word would remember the last folder and other times it would maintain the default folder. (In hindsight it was due to renaming the Word\Options Reg key for various reasons and forgetting to delete the new key and rename the old one back.) To my knowledge the Clipart pictures path has never been set in a default Word installation. I'd have to agree with you that Dell must have used an image that had the path set. SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > This is the first time I've seen this spelled out, and it explains why this > feature behaves differently for Cindy (and others) than for me. It's > interesting that My Pictures doesn't seem to be set as the default in > out-of-the-box Word, yet that is what is set in my copy of Word. Since I > know I have never specified it, this must have been part of the Dell > installation of Office XP. > > The Clipart pictures location is a little quirky. > > > > If this path is blank then Word will remember the last folder you > > selected. If there is a path then Word will default to the folder > > specified each time you use the Insert/Picture/From File command. So many thanks to you all. The registry now shows G:Photos as the path to images. 8^) Used Hilary's method then moved to Beth's regedit check and there it showed G:Photos as the path. Lets hope this 'sticks' Have copied your info to my Word Tips. Again, Thank you all. Barron > Hi Suzanne, > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > selected. If there is a path then Word will default to the folder > > > specified each time you use the Insert/Picture/From File command. On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:45:46 -0600, in <O$zB4Ol0DHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, "Beth Melton" <bmelton@NoSpam4Memvps.org> wrote: >The Clipart pictures location is a little quirky. Not to mention that if one wants something from the Clipart collection, one uses Insert->Clipart. Yet the "Clipart" in "File Locations" doesn't seem to relate to it! Perhaps it would be less confusing had MS named it "My Pictures"?! >If this path is blank then Word will remember the last folder you >selected. Yes, but only during the same session of Word (at least in 2000), does it not? >If there is a path then Word will default to the folder >specified each time you use the Insert/Picture/From File command. > >If you always use the same folder then this isn't a problem. But if >you're like me and create several subfolder under a specific folder >then returning to the parent folder each time can be a pain. Unless I misunderstood, I think the OP was trying to change the default for Insert/Picture From File from "My Pictures" to a folder on her G: drive. But I definitely see your point! >What I do is leave the Clipart pictures location blank and use TweakUI >to modify the location of "My Pictures" folder. This way I can have a >default folder *and* retain the ability return to the last folder I >selected. Now *that's* a great idea! Thanks, Beth :) >Note: If you have a path set for Clipart pictures and use Word >2002/2003 the only way I know of to delete the Clipart pictures path [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Otherwise the path can be deleted in the Modify dialog box. hro Signaturemyssiwyg* ... making your support systems improve what you get! http://www.myssiwyg.ca/ Yes, that is the part that is most deceptive. Most people are loath to change the path for "Clip art" because they don't realize that it affects Insert | Picture | From File rather than Insert | Picture | Clip Art. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:45:46 -0600, in > <O$zB4Ol0DHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, "Beth Melton" [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > myssiwyg* ... making your support systems improve what you get! > http://www.myssiwyg.ca/ > Not to mention that if one wants something from the Clipart > collection, one uses Insert->Clipart. Yet the "Clipart" in "File > Locations" doesn't seem to relate to it! Perhaps it would be less > confusing had MS named it "My Pictures"?! I couldn't agree more! > >If this path is blank then Word will remember the last folder you > >selected. > > Yes, but only during the same session of Word (at least in 2000), does > it not? Correct. The last folder selected is a 'per session' setting and is the same through Word 2003 as well. > Unless I misunderstood, I think the OP was trying to change the > default for Insert/Picture From File from "My Pictures" to a folder on > her G: drive. But I definitely see your point! No, you didn't misunderstand. I was fairly certain your advice was what the OP was looking for (which it was) - just wanted to throw in some additional information on the behavior of the Clipart pictures path. :-) SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 23:29:49 -0600, in <#ABoECG1DHA.2636@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Beth Melton" <bmelton@NoSpam4Memvps.org> wrote: >> Not to mention that if one wants something from the Clipart >> collection, one uses Insert->Clipart. Yet the "Clipart" in "File >> Locations" doesn't seem to relate to it! Perhaps it would be less >> confusing had MS named it "My Pictures"?! > >I couldn't agree more! Nothing to add, but I'm leaving this in, in the hope that any lurking MS developers will ... uh ... get the picture ;) [...] >> Unless I misunderstood, I think the OP was trying to change the >> default for Insert/Picture From File from "My Pictures" to a folder [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >some additional information on the behavior of the Clipart pictures >path. :-) And I'm glad you did! hro Signaturemyssiwyg* ... making your support systems improve what you get! http://www.myssiwyg.ca/ |
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