Share Office

I just got my new computer with XP 2. We set it up to have one user account for each member of the family. Different desktop themes and so forth. I loaded Microsoft Office 03 in my user window. I assumed everyone on the computer could use it and save thier docs. to thier own folder. It does not appear in for any of the other accounts. I though everyone could use the same program. How do I set this up? When each member saves a file how do they save it in thier own folder. Thank you for any help.

 

When you installed Office it should have asked a question to the effect of, 'do you want this program available to all users or just to yourself'.

At this point I'd suggest you uninstall it and do a fresh install so you can answer that question the way you want this time. Other 'fix' methods are tricky and not always well behaved.

Any logged on user should have a My Documents folder that is apart from any other users My Documents folder. When they save, the file should be stored in their folder.

 

Thank you Newt. It seems it was accesible for all users I just didn't know how to load the shortcuts for each user. I moved them to all users and everything seems OK. If weird things start happening I will uninstall/reinstall.

 

Great news. If moving the shortcut so it would show for all users did the trick I think you are fine.