On 07/20/2014 12:38 PM, James Lambert wrote:
Sir:
I am having a terrible time saving files. They never go where I want them so
that I can load them again. They go to Skydrive, skydrive.old, never to
thispc/documents. How can I specify where I want files saved?
The only way I can find them is by doing a search with “windows C” and clicking
on search. I cannot always remember the exact file name. I want the files to
always go to ThisPC/Documents and they seldom do.
James Lambert
Have you looked into using Linux? The sort of thing you complain of is
the reason many of us have turned to Linux. I like PCLinuxOS-KDE. It has
a Windows-like
desktop and is not a steep learning curve. For the famous Ubuntu, you
can have both worlds--Ubuntu and KDE--if you choose Kubuntu. Most programs
will store files in reasonable places, like /home/<your
username>/Documents for OO files. For some other programs you may have
to watch where you store
your files, but the choice is always there, not only for OO and LO, but
for virtually any kind of file you might be using. (If you wanted to
save a music file to a
Documents directory, you could.) And there is a good Find Files/Folders
utility if you misplace something. It doesn't force you to _open_ the
file, it just
shows you where it is, in case you wanted to attach it to an email, for
instance. And it works with wild cards, so if you don't remember an
exact file name,
you have a chance to find it anyway. (There are other stronger utilities
that will help in such instances also.)
--doug
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