change default save directory

To change or set default file saving or “save as” format for new files in OpenOffice.org:

   1. Launch any OpenOffice.org application such as OpenOffice Writer.
   2. Click on Tools and then Options.
   3. Expand the Load/Save section in the left pane by clicking the + (plus sign).
   4. Click on General under the Load/Save section.
   5. In the area labeled as “Default file format” near the bottom of the dialog window, select the type of document you want, for example, Text Document for Writer files, in the Document Type drop-down list.
   6. To the right dropdown list labeled as “Always save as”, change or select the format as “Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP”.
   7. Repeat the above 2 steps for other documents such as spreadsheets or presentations that you want to save in Microsoft Office file format, and select the appropriate default save as format for them.
   8. Click OK to save the settings.
   9. From now on, whenever you want to save a document, the default format will be .doc, .xls or .ppt and other Microsoft Office file formats and extensions.

Thanks for that information, however I need to change the default "save" directory, not the default file format.

Thanks SageMassa, that solved my question.

When you save a document you are prompted with a window to enter the name of the document. Also In this window is a "save in folder" listing the default directory to save documents,and you can also seclect other directories. Now I have to fix the directory, so the user can not save files in any other driectories except the default one.
the best way is to make other directories unvisible,but i do not know how to make this,anyone else knows? thanks.

This is also my problem BUT it is in regard to files that were opened as an email attachment.

That is, I receive an email with a .rtf file
I double click it to open it in OpenOffice
I click Save As

OO wants to save it in User/App Data/Local/Temp instead of in the default directory named in Tools - Options - OpenOffice - Paths - MyDocuments

I think you must override the default path by changing directory when you save the rtf file...

Thank you

But also try to set/refresh your Openoffice preference paths to different one to check if this address the default path issue...

Hope this helps

Maybe I didn't make myself clear.

My default folder is User/Documents. But Save As only seems to use this for newly created documents.

When I open any existing document, Save As always tries to put it back in the directory it came from.

So, I assume that User/App Data/Local/Temp is where email attachments are stored.

The more I talk about this "problem" the more it looks like this is the way the system is supposed to work. (But it's still a pain.)