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From: yip@ztivax.UUCP (Dr Yeung-Cho Ip)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Word For Windows Help
Message-ID: <5042@ztivax.UUCP>
Date: 6 May 91 06:34:41 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.121603.23113@cbfsb.att.com>
Organization: Siemens AG, Munich, W-Germany
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nll@cbnewsb.att.com (neal.l.leitner) writes:
> 
> I am using Word version 1.1 in windows 3.0.  I have set up a special 
> directory c:\winword\doc for all my document files.  When I go to open
> a file, it always defaults to my c:\windows directory.  Is there any
> way to get the open command to look at my other directory??
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 
> Neal Leitner

My way of doing it: I set up a makro called "AutoExec". This Makro is
automatically started when invoking WINWORD. The contents of the makro is:

Sub MAIN
ChDir "c:\winword\doc"
End Sub

Of course, this is for the German version of Winword 1.1, but I assume that
it works in the english one as well!

Hope that helps,

Michael Franzen

Michael Franzen, c/o yip@ztivax.siemens.com, Siemens AG, Munich