About Glenn Fraller Expertise Even though I am donating my time to AllEperts.com and I am an Expert, this does NOT mean I know ALL the answers to ALL questions! It seems to me today, people seem to want too much from certain people. I am here because I want to help lead people in a direction I would go. My expertise is limited to Adobe Acrobat 5 (PC) and Acrobat 7 Professional (MAC). If you have version 8 (PC) or (MAC) I, now I am speaking for me only, I would read the help file(s) and research on the Internet every where until I found and understood the solution to my challenge.
Experience Every business day I use Enfocus Pitstop, a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat 5 (PC) and Professional 7 (MAC). Without it, there isn't that much that can be done without the hassel of opening the PDF within Adobe Illustrator. Then there are font issues! Education/Credentials Degreed in Industrial Education and Technology, School of Graphic Communications and work in the prepress field everyday as a toubleshooter.
Question This should be simple to do but I cannot find how to set the default file location when I want to open a file. Acrobat 6.0 Pro defaults to "My Documents" and that is not where I have the majority of my PDFs stored. Can you tell me or direct me to the help section that defines how to set or change the default location when opening files? Thanks.
Answer Hello David,
Unfortunately the answer is No, you cannot change the default file location in Acrobat. I understand how frustrating this can be, especially if all of your documents are located on a network share such as H:\my documents. Fortunately, you can change the default location for all of your documents, which makes life a lot more pleasant for those of us who do not use the standard Microsoft location.
Click on the Start button, right click "My Documents" and select Properties. You will see an editable location in the Target Folder Location field. Change the target location to where Your "My Documents" are located.
Note: When you change the target, you will be asked if you want to move all of your documents from the current target to the new target. This will save you from performing the next logical step of cutting and pasting to the place your docs should have been saving in the first place.
