Re: default folder for Word 97 documents

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In Word, click on Tools | Options | File Locations. Modify the folder for "Documents" to whatever you want.

PrScooter wrote:

Is there a way to make My documents the default folder for documents created by Word 97? It seems they are going to "winword", a subdirectory under MSOffice. The comuputer was donated to us (a church) and has Windows 98 and Word 97 on it. Thanks for any help you can give. 

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