MacPPT: File Open, Save Locations Don't Use Preferences Setting

When you use the Save As or Open dialog box to save or open a presentation, the folder suggested by PowerPoint may not be the one that you specified in the Default File Location setting on the Advanced tab in the Preferences dialog box (click Preferences on the Tools menu).

This behavior occurs if you are using either of the following settings in the Documents section of General Controls:

• Last folder used in the application.
• Documents folder.

NOTE: This behavior does not occur in Microsoft Word 98 or Microsoft Excel 98. Both Word and Excel override the settings that are specified in the General Controls Control Panel, and instead use the location that you defined in the program.

To resolve this behavior, configure the General Controls Control Panel to use the folder that is specified by the program. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Close PowerPoint.
   
   NOTE: If you do not close PowerPoint, the changes that you make in the General Controls dialog box will not take effect until the next time you start PowerPoint.
2. On the Apple menu, point to Control Panels, and then click General Controls.
3. In the Documents section, click the Folder that is set by the application option.
4. Close the General Controls dialog box.

The next time that you use the Save As or Open dialog box, PowerPoint will default to the folder that you specified in the Default File Location dialog box.