When you save a document to a disk in one of the Microsoft Office programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, the save window has a certain directory permanently selected: user’s document library - this is the default directory for saving Microsoft Office files.
However, if you use a different directory for saving documents and you have to constantly navigate from default path to your own, there is a solution to this problem - changing the default document storage path to one you use.
The Default local file location option is set individually for each office application. If you want all programs to have a changed location, you have to set it separately for each one.
Example: If you want Word and PowerPoint to have a common location, you must repeat this operation for Word and PowerPoint separately.
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Click File tab.
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Click Options.
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Navigate to Save panel.
In the panel on the right find Default local file location. Change it to the path you desire.
From now whenever you hit the Ctrl + S shortcut, or click the save button and choose to save on local computer, you will be automatically offered to save to the location you just selected.
