When you try to save a Word Document is Office 2010, the default file location for saving the document would be C:\Users\<username>\Documents\. This can be changed to your desired location using Word Options.
- Click on the File menu –> options
- Navigate to Save screen
- Under Save documents section, specify the the folder location of your choice for Default file location field.
For example if you change this location to C drive, the default file location that would be displayed while saving the word document is C drive
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