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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Changing Your Working Directory </title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150789"><bookmark_value>working directory change</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>My Documents folder;changing work directory</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>paths; changing work directory</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pictures; changing paths</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>changing;work directory</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>work --> working, i85615</comment>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150774" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="3">When you start a dialog to open or save a document, $[officename] initially displays your working directory. To change this directory:</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153681" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="4">Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - $[officename] - Paths</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3163802" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click <emph>My Documents </emph>and click the <emph>Edit</emph> button, or double-click on <emph>My Documents</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153880" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">In the <emph>Select Path</emph> dialog, choose the working directory you want and click <emph>Select</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3158430" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="7">You also use this procedure to change the directory displayed by $[officename] when you want to insert a graphic. Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - $[officename] - Paths - Graphics</emph>, then follow step 3.</paragraph>
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