Changing the Default Drive

Summary: Macros can be used to read and write all sorts of files. If those files are on a different drive than the current one, you'll appreciate that you can change the default drive very easily using the ChDrive command. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

Oftentimes it is helpful, in a macro, to specify which drive is considered the default drive. In other words, it may be helpful to indicate the drive on which all file operations should occur when you don�t explicitly indicate a drive in a path name. To indicate the default drive to be used in a VBA macro, you use the ChDrive statement, as follows:

ChDrive "E"

This particular statement changes the current drive to E:. You can change to a different drive by simply changing the drive letter enclosed within the quote marks.

Tip #829 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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