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  Word and directories RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-21 14:46 -0800
    Re: Word and directories Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-21 14:55 -0800
      Re: Word and directories RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-22 07:49 -0800
        Re: Word and directories RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-22 08:10 -0800
          Re: Word and directories RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-22 15:05 -0800
            Re: Word and directories RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-12-02 08:02 -0800
        Re: Word and directories Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2013-11-22 17:08 +0000
          Re: Word and directories RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-22 09:39 -0800
            Re: Word and directories Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2013-11-22 19:43 +0000
              Re: Word and directories RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2013-11-22 15:05 -0800
                Re: Word and directories "Ed H." <fake@notreal.net> - 2013-11-22 20:20 -0600
              Re: Word and directories Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2013-11-23 07:12 +0000
        Re: Word and directories Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-22 10:04 -0800
    Re: Word and directories Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2013-11-23 01:19 +0000
      Re: Word and directories Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-23 02:55 +0000
      Re: Word and directories Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-23 00:44 -0500

#19485 — Word and directories

Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change. 

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#19486

In article <1lcowx8.1acexqitbeq2oN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
 RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) wrote:

> Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
> Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
> doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
> opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.

Do you have Default Folder installed?  I think the latest beta will run 
on Mavericks.  It's designed to change this behavior.

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#19499

Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article <1lcowx8.1acexqitbeq2oN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
>  RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) wrote:
> 
> > Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
> > Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
> > doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
> > opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.
> 
> Do you have Default Folder installed?  I think the latest beta will run
> on Mavericks.  It's designed to change this behavior.

It looks great but is it really worth $35? 

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#19501

Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:

> Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1lcowx8.1acexqitbeq2oN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
> >  RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) wrote:
> > 
> > > Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
> > > Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
> > > doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
> > > opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.
> > 
> > Do you have Default Folder installed?  I think the latest beta will run
> > on Mavericks.  It's designed to change this behavior.
> 
> It looks great but is it really worth $35? 

...and only Office 2011 apps exhibit this problem!? 
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#19518

Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:

> Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > In article <1lcowx8.1acexqitbeq2oN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
> > >  RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
> > > > Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
> > > > doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
> > > > opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.
> > > 
> > > Do you have Default Folder installed?  I think the latest beta will run
> > > on Mavericks.  It's designed to change this behavior.
> > 
> > It looks great but is it really worth $35? 
> 
> ...and only Office 2011 apps exhibit this problem!? 
Word and Excel display the problem (also TextWrangler); Adobe Reader,
Photoshop, and TextEdit don't. Go figure... 

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#19782

Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:

> > 
> > ...and only Office 2011 apps exhibit this problem!? 
> Word and Excel display the problem (also TextWrangler); Adobe Reader,
> Photoshop, and TextEdit don't. Go figure... 
A little more on this problem: in Word and other apps that show the odd
behavior, The Save dialog briefly shows the last directory I saved to,
then defaults to the Documents directory. Does this help in diagosis?

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#19504

In article <1lcq8cz.l2xvad1egvf7mN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
>Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> Do you have Default Folder installed?  I think the latest beta will run
>> on Mavericks.  It's designed to change this behavior.
>
>It looks great but is it really worth $35? 

I didn't pay that much, but I've been using it for over a decade
and consider it well worth the price. Don't you get tired of 
slogging down a folder tree every time you want to open or save
a file?


Patty

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#19505

Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:

> In article <1lcq8cz.l2xvad1egvf7mN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
> Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
> >Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Do you have Default Folder installed?  I think the latest beta will run
> >> on Mavericks.  It's designed to change this behavior.
> >
> >It looks great but is it really worth $35? 
> 
> I didn't pay that much, but I've been using it for over a decade
> and consider it well worth the price. Don't you get tired of 
> slogging down a folder tree every time you want to open or save
> a file?
> 
> 
> Patty
I never had to do that until I upgraded to Mavericks, and at that only
Microsoft Office 2011 apps have lost the ability to remember where I
last opened or saved a file. 

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#19513

In article <1lcqdeu.ashdr01fdn8a4N%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
>Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
>> I didn't pay that much, but I've been using it for over a decade
>> and consider it well worth the price. Don't you get tired of 
>> slogging down a folder tree every time you want to open or save
>> a file?
>> 
>I never had to do that until I upgraded to Mavericks, and at that only
>Microsoft Office 2011 apps have lost the ability to remember where I
>last opened or saved a file. 

What about programs other than Word? What about the file *before*
the last one you opened or saved? DF gives you shortcuts in every 
program, and you can access them by time but also by other criteria.


Patty

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#19517

Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:

> In article <1lcqdeu.ashdr01fdn8a4N%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
> Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
> >Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I didn't pay that much, but I've been using it for over a decade
> >> and consider it well worth the price. Don't you get tired of 
> >> slogging down a folder tree every time you want to open or save
> >> a file?
> >> 
> >I never had to do that until I upgraded to Mavericks, and at that only
> >Microsoft Office 2011 apps have lost the ability to remember where I
> >last opened or saved a file. 
> 
> What about programs other than Word? What about the file *before*
> the last one you opened or saved? DF gives you shortcuts in every 
> program, and you can access them by time but also by other criteria.
> 
> 
> Patty
Word and Excel display the problem (also TextWrangler); Adobe Reader,
Photoshop, and TextEdit don't.  I'm not quite ready to shell out $35 for
this yet. 

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#19525

In article <1lcqqwj.1fu289m3jfa2N%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>, Ron
<RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:

> Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1lcqdeu.ashdr01fdn8a4N%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
> > Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
> > >Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I didn't pay that much, but I've been using it for over a decade
> > >> and consider it well worth the price. Don't you get tired of 
> > >> slogging down a folder tree every time you want to open or save
> > >> a file?
> > >> 
> > >I never had to do that until I upgraded to Mavericks, and at that only
> > >Microsoft Office 2011 apps have lost the ability to remember where I
> > >last opened or saved a file. 
> > 
> > What about programs other than Word? What about the file *before*
> > the last one you opened or saved? DF gives you shortcuts in every 
> > program, and you can access them by time but also by other criteria.
> > 
> > 
> > Patty
> Word and Excel display the problem (also TextWrangler); Adobe Reader,
> Photoshop, and TextEdit don't.  I'm not quite ready to shell out $35 for
> this yet.

IIRC, it's sometimes included in these MacUpdate and other bundles
every now and then, if you can find one that offers something else you
are interested in.

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#19532

In article <528fb3ed$0$52776$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
Patty Winter  <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
>What about programs other than Word? What about the file *before*
>the last one you opened or saved? DF gives you shortcuts in every 
>program, and you can access them by time but also by other criteria.

Also, I can't imagine that any single program will give you quick
access to a folder that was recently used by a different program.
I frequently make PDF'd invoices from Word, and I always like to
check them to make sure they look okay in Acrobat. Default Folder
makes that really easy, because when I switch over to Acrobat, it
knows which folder I was just using with Word.

Anyway, chacun a son gout, but I've found DF extremely helpful
over the years.


Patty

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#19507

In article <1lcq8cz.l2xvad1egvf7mN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
 RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) wrote:

> Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1lcowx8.1acexqitbeq2oN%RonTheGuy@null.invalid>,
> >  RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) wrote:
> > 
> > > Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
> > > Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
> > > doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
> > > opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.
> > 
> > Do you have Default Folder installed?  I think the latest beta will run
> > on Mavericks.  It's designed to change this behavior.
> 
> It looks great but is it really worth $35?

I've been using it for over a decade.

It's your call on if this annoyance is worth $35 or are you getting more 
milage about complaining about it?  Sometimes, that's worth more to 
people.

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#19524

On 2013-11-21, Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
> Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
> Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
> doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
> opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.
>

I have Mavericks (10.9) and Word 2011 installed and do not see that problem.
I don't use any add-ons like Default Folder or other app that would alter the
normal Open/Save dialog.

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#19526

On 2013-11-23, Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2013-11-21, Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
>> Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
>> Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
>> doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
>> opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.
>
> I have Mavericks (10.9) and Word 2011 installed and do not see that problem.
> I don't use any add-ons like Default Folder or other app that would alter the
> normal Open/Save dialog.

Same here. After opening a document on my desktop and restarting Word,
the dialog box opens viewing the Desktop as expected.

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#19528

On 11-22-2013, 20:19, Tom Stiller wrote:
> On 2013-11-21, Ron <RonTheGuy@null.invalid> wrote:
>> Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the Word 2011 Open dialog defaults to the
>> Documents directory no matter what directory I previously used to open a
>> doc. Is this behavior I can change? It used to remember what dir. I
>> opened a doc from last. Have installed latest updates; no change.
>
> I have Mavericks (10.9) and Word 2011 installed and do not see that problem.
> I don't use any add-ons like Default Folder or other app that would alter the
> normal Open/Save dialog.

I think it is somewhere in the Word preferences.  Installing 10.9 
apparently damaged or defaulted some but not all preference files.
My copy of Office 2011 started demanding a license key every time
I tried to use it.  Fixed by copying in all its pref files from
another Mac OS partition--which also gave me this directory hassle.

The GUI preference setting, though, doesn't have a "use last" setting. 
Mine will allow me to choose a place, but it's currently blank, and if I 
click "Modify" I'm offered a standard Mac finder widget.  (With no "use 
last" option)

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