Export Directory set to same as Save Directory

[GregTheGrate]

Would be great if the export directory was set to the same location as the directory into which the file was saved, rather than the last directory exported to.

[John Rostron]

It would be better if the default was the directory that the file was loaded from, rather than saved to.

John

[MarcoScherer]

Would also prefer to save and export to the working folder (where the original image is stored)

[david_fms]

Hi,

Could this be set as a preference?

that is, have a checkbox so that the exported file is saved in the same location as the original file?

Cheers!

David

[Unfocused711]

I see this issue was raised nearly 6 years ago and that the last comment on this thread is now 18 months old, but this issue persists.  For me (on Windows 10), Affinity Publisher always tries to export to the last directory referenced. For example, if I add a photo to my document from my Photos directory, then it will default to export my pdf file to that Photos directory.  I have just replaced a photo from three different directories and, in each case, my subsequent export defaulted to each of those directories.  This is incredibly frustrating and could cause a costly error if I then sent the wrong pdf to be printed.  Surely there should be a default option that will always send my export to a specific directory, or to the same directory as the afpub file, or to the same directory that it was last saved to. Or something logical!  As it is, the behaviour is utterly ridiculous.  I do hope you can tell me that such an option exists somewhere and that I haven't spotted it or, at the very least, that something is in the pipeline to rectify this issue.

[MikeTO]

Hi @Unfocused711, you replied to a thread in the v1 archive which won't get much attention. You might have more luck replying to one of these threads.