Cmd shift o works from the finder and the desktop. On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> Hmm the cmd shift O does not work for getting to the documents folder though > but what I do is cmd shift h for home, d or arrows until I get to documents > and cmd down arrow then arrow to my folders in there and cmd down arrow and > stop interacting then hit save. > > Take care. > On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Linda, >> >> When any of these dialog windows appear, you can use any or all of the >> FInder shortcuts or sequence of shortcuts to specify the folder you want >> (Command-Shift-H for your home directory, Command-Shift-D for desktop, >> etc.). If you want a specific sub-folder, and you're positioned for your >> Documents folder, just use Command-Shift-G (for "Go to Folder"), and type in >> the name of the sub-folder you want, then press return. Your file should >> get saved to that folder. You can also type in a full path to some >> completely different folder (like one on an externally attached hard drive). >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Nov 3, 2010, at 09:31, Linda Adams wrote: >> >>> Hello folks, >>> >>> Back again with something that sound simple but has me stumped. In text >>> edit, I have no problem going through the dialog that comes up when I want >>> to save a new file. However, I can't figure out how to save a new file to >>> an existing folder in my document folder. Is there a way to save it >>> to a sub-folder? >>> >>> Also, if I have a file on the Desktop and the same file in my document >>> folder, can editing changes to the one on the desktop be saved to the >>> duplicate file at the same time? It appears that they can't be saved to >>> both files at the same time. >>> >>> Last question for now. In Mail, I began a message and wanted to save it to >>> my draft folder while I looked up something. I tried the tool bar save as >>> draft button but it was dimmed. How do I do this? >>> >>> Many thanks to all of you who have helped me learn the Mac. >>> TIA, >>> Linda >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
