Yeah only from the finder and desktop but not from text edit and other apps where you want ot save info.
Take care. S On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:54 PM, louie wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
