DesertDenizen Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 This is something that’s driving me crazy. I have no clue, how Publisher determines the location to save a file. Rather than saving to the same location from which the file was opened, it saves to some previously used location. Even have to go hunting for files. Is there a way to change this? I looked in preferences but I can’t find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 No, there's no Preference for that, but it's been requested a number of times. For example: Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDenizen Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Thanks! I'll have to add my voice to that thread. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Yes, it would be nice if the app offered the document opening and most recent export paths as options (I'd prefer listing them in context of exporting rather than as an either/or option in the Prefeerences). In lack of anything better, on Windows you can copy the document save path on Clipboard by choosing File > Save As and then copying the path on top of the dialog box. Then when exporting, paste the copied path on top of the Export dialog box to change the target path: copypath.mp4 On macOS, you should see the most recently accessed folders listed in the drop-down control that you can access when exporting a file, but as the list is system-wide, I am not sure if this works adequately well in app-wise context: EDIT: As for initial "saving as" places, I think that the system (both Windows and macOS) provides tools for easily accessing the standard and most recently/frequently used saving locations (the apps seem to default to most recently used location). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 And to complete @Lagarto' s post, beside the "Most recents locations" list, on Win10, you can use Ctrl+L to go directly in the adress/URL field and copy the path (in navigators and explorer). It's handy, especially when the explorer displays the folders tree with default location as "Desktop". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanPickup Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I also have my frequent save folders pinned to the quick access in File Explorer, Right click pin to quick access Quote Alan Pickup Windows 11 Home all Affinity suite of Apps PC and Gigabyte Laptop 16gb Ram and Nvidia GTX1660 Super on each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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