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Word allows you to insert graphics (pictures) into your documents. You normally do this by choosing Insert | Picture | From File. On my system, Word always defaults to the My Pictures folder, although this may be different on your system. If you want Word to start in a different folder, you can specify the folder by following these steps:
That's it. Now each time you use the Insert | Picture | From File sequence, Word displays the folder you selected in step 5.
It is unfortunate that Word doesn't have a "memory" concerning the graphics files directory, as it does for document directories. Word remembers the folder you last used for documents during the current Word session; it won't do that for graphics--it always starts from the folder you specified in step 5.
If you want Word to remember the last place you were each time you use Insert | Picture | From File in the current session, then you need to go back to not having a default picture location set. (I know; this seems very odd.) If you follow the steps above, but erase the Folder Name box in step 5, you will set the Clipart Pictures location set nothing--no location. Now, when you use Insert | Picture | From File, Word again starts at My Pictures, but it remembers where you navigate. This means that during the current session, each time you insert a picture from a file Word will start at the folder from where you last inserted.
Tip #1614 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
Document and Annotate! One of the easily overlooked tools provided by Word is the ability to add footnotes and endnotes to your documents. WordTips: Footnotes and Endnotes is the definitive resource guide to using these tools to enhance your documents.