Office 2013 In Depth

Configuring Save File Options

When you save a file in one of the Office applications, you have the option to specify the location where the file will be saved. You also have the option of bypassing the Backstage when saving files (and opening files as well). By default, the Office applications are configured to save your files in your Documents folder; however, this doesn’t happen automatically because (by default) you are ushered to the Backstage when you want to save a file. Files saved in Office applications are saved to your Documents folder. So if you don’t provide an alternative location, the files end up in the default folder.

You can control the save options for an Office application and specify both the default file format for saving ...