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To Change The Default For Saving Microsoft Excel Files To Your H Drive Instead Of The Hard Drive (also known as Local Drive) Of The Computer

If you have never created a documents folder in your H drive, DO THIS FIRST:

Folders will help you to organize your files.  Imagine a filing system where all your files are in a folder called Documents and then within the Documents you have numerous folders and files, organized by subject.  

To create a folder:

1. Double click on (open) My Computer.

2. Open your H drive.

3. Clicking on File (pull down menu), select New and then Folder

4. Type the name, Documents, for the new folder.

THEN DO THIS:

1. Within Microsoft Excel, select the Tools menu.

2. Select Options

3. Select the General tab.

4. Change the Default File Location to h:\Documents.  You will need to highlight what is there, to delete it,  and then type h:\Documents.

5. You will see h:\Documents in the Default File Location: dialog box. 

6. Click on OK.

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