Storage

[Martin Edwards]

When I was using XP, I could use an up arrow to get to My Computer and
put a file straight onto a stick. In 7 I get the menu for the C drive
with no escape, so I have to put it on the disk first and then send it.
Is there a way of doing this?

 

[Big Steel]

When I was using XP, I could use an up arrow to get to My Computer and
put a file straight onto a stick. In 7 I get the menu for the C drive
with no escape, so I have to put it on the disk first and then send it.
Is there a way of doing this?

Are you talking about navigating using the Address bar?

Address bar

Use the address bar to navigate to a different folder or library or to
go back to a previous one. For more information, see Navigate using the
address bar.

<http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Working-with-files-and-folders>

 

[Martin Edwards]

Are you talking about navigating using the Address bar?

Address bar

Use the address bar to navigate to a different folder or library or to
go back to a previous one. For more information, see Navigate using the
address bar.

<http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Working-with-files-and-folders>

Thanks

 

[Martin Edwards]

Thanks

Sorry, I didn't find the answer. If I type a file in Open Office, I
often want to save it straight onto a stick. This was easy in XP, but
so far I have not worked out how to do it in 7.

 

[Big Steel]

Sorry, I didn't find the answer. If I type a file in Open Office, I
often want to save it straight onto a stick. This was easy in XP, but so
far I have not worked out how to do it in 7.

Well, you do a Save or SaveAs and browse to the location. The thing you
may see is an icon that represents the computer or something along those
line and you click it. It should show you all drives and drive letters
the O/S currently knows about, and you can click one of them and go to it.

 

[KCB]

Well, you do a Save or SaveAs and browse to the location. The thing you
may see is an icon that represents the computer or something along those
line and you click it. It should show you all drives and drive letters the
O/S currently knows about, and you can click one of them and go to it.

I just tried this in OO, and one can actually pick the removable drive
directly from the Save As dialog box. Mine has a name, so I don't have to
remember the drive letter, but maybe the OP just needs to look a little
harder.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I just tried this in OO, and one can actually pick the removable drive
directly from the Save As dialog box. Mine has a name, so I don't have to
remember the drive letter, but maybe the OP just needs to look a little
harder.

What you say about being able to save to external drives is true in just
about every program I have used.

Even when the drives don't have a name

 

[Big Steel]

I just tried this in OO, and one can actually pick the removable drive
directly from the Save As dialog box. Mine has a name, so I don't have
to remember the drive letter, but maybe the OP just needs to look a
little harder.

I have OO on my Vista machine. I used the 'text' feature and did a
SaveAS which showed possible locations to save to. I didn't want any of
locations it was showing and selected 'more' and selected the 'computer
icon' that should me the drive letters. I selected <c> and selected a
folder on <c> to save my test file to, and it should be a similar thing
on my Win 7 machine if I was using OO on it.

 

[Martin Edwards]

Well, you do a Save or SaveAs and browse to the location. The thing you
may see is an icon that represents the computer or something along those
line and you click it. It should show you all drives and drive letters
the O/S currently knows about, and you can click one of them and go to it.

That's the point: it doesn't. It only shows up what's on the C drive.

 

[Big Steel]

That's the point: it doesn't. It only shows up what's on the C drive.

Didn't you see 'more' as one of the selections? It certainly shows with
OO on my Vista machine. I suspect it will show the 'more' if I was using
OO to save the file to location by drive letter after selecting
'computer' if I had OO installed on my Win 7 machine.

 

[KCB]

That's the point: it doesn't. It only shows up what's on the C drive.

Maybe it's the Browse Folders/Hide Folders button, in the lower left corner
of the Save As dialog box. If yours shows Browse Folders, click it.