Some of my professors demand very specific formats for papers typed up for their courses. I've created word templates (.dotx
files) for these, so I don't have to set up the formatting each time I go to write something.
I already have a template for each of my classes, and have my files organized such that each class has its own directory. I would like to be able to specify a default save location for each template. I know how to set the general default save location for all documents, but I want to change it just for a specific template. Even if there were a way to have it save files generated by the template into the folder the template file resides in, that would be nice. Anybody have any ideas?
Best Answer
One solution is to use a macro-enabled template (dotm) with a VBA macro to replace SaveAs.
An example macro is:
You will still need to attach this macro to Ctrl-S.
If you use a separate template document per user, the above "Select Case" can be simplified to a simple assign in each of the templates.
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