<p class="Head1"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="workfolder" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68485">Changing Your Work Directory</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">When you start a dialog in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> to open a document, initially you see your work directory there. You can change the directory which <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> displays here, as follows:</p>
<p class="P2">Double-click the entry <span class="T1">My Documents</span>.</p>
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<p class="P2">In the <span class="T1">Select Path</span> dialog, choose the work directory you want and click <span class="T1">Select</span>. Close the following dialog with OK.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">In a similar way you can change the directory displayed by <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> when you want to insert a graphic: Change the path for the entry <span class="T1">Graphics</span>.</p>