You can change the default folder for Word documents from the File Locations
tab of Tools | Options, but this applies only to the first time you open a
document; after that, Word defaults to the most recently used folder.
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> How can you start with a particular folder when using
> the "Open" command instead of going through several steps
> to get to it?