Need help with a lost feature in Office/Windows when saving elements as images

Jul 23, 2021

Hi everyone, I need your help. I created several tables in PowerPoint (I think is 2016 running un Windows 10). I want to save those tables as images; I saved the first table in my folder, let´s say is in "D:/Documents/Work/ProjectA/Graphics/Tables". The problem comes when saving the next table: instead of PowerPoint remembering which folder I´m saving my items (Tables), I have to search for my folder from "This PC>Pictures". Doing this several times is so impractical. Has anyone had the same issue? The answers I´ve found on internet are not satisfactory. Thanks so much.

3 Replies

Judy Nollet
Hero

almost 3 years ago07/23/21 at 12:52 pm (UTC)

Hi, Daniel,

Here are two workarounds:

In the Pictures folder, put an alias that goes to the final-destination folder.
Save all the images in the Pictures folder, and then move them to their final destination.

almost 3 years ago07/23/21 at 3:49 pm (UTC)

Thank you, Judy. "put an alias that goes to the final-destination folder. " Could you elaborate a little, please?

almost 3 years ago07/26/21 at 1:00 pm (UTC)

Hi again, Daniel,

"Alias" is the Mac term for what's called a "shortcut" on a PC, which is a pointer to a designated file or folder. So fuller instructions would be to do this:

Right-click the final-destination folder, and select "Create shortcut."

Move that shortcut into the Pictures folder.
When you're saving a picture, PPT will default to put it in the Pictures folder. Double-click the shortcut to open the final-destination folder, and save the picture there.