Show Me. Microsoft Office Word 2003. See it Done, Do It Yourself

If you always save documents in a specific folder, you can change the default location where documents are saved. You can change the default file location for documents, clip art pictures, user templates, workgroup templates, AutoRecover files, tools, and startup. Unless you fully understand the internal connects between Word and the clip art, tools, and startup folders, you should not change those default file locations. After you make a change, Word uses the new setting for all subsequent Word sessions until you change the setting again.

Change a Default File Location

Click the Tools menu, and then click Options.

Click the File Locations tab.

Click the file type in which you want to change the default file location.

Click Modify.

Open the new default folder location you want to use.

Click OK.

Click OK.