Save printed pdf default in same location as source document Acrobat 2017

[DCAUB]

Hello,

I have the following question for a client where i have Windows 10 64 bit - Office 2016 Pro and Acrobat 2017.

When there is for example a Word  document that is located in  c:\users\user1\documents\folder1  the document name is example1 now when printing to the adobe acrobat printer it is always printing to the last location of the folder used the last time.

Is there a option so it prints to the same folder where the Word document is located ? So the the path is transferred to the acrobat printer ?

My client is using Onedrive where all the files are located so when a Word document is in a folder on onedrive it would be handy when Creating a PDF document the pdf document should also go in the same folder.

Thanks

Best regards

Didier

[Sabin5CEC]

Anyone, this is rather annoying or I'm missing a simple setting?

[Dov Isaacs · Accepted solution]

The Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance has no way of knowing the source directory of the Word document. It is effectively a print operation, the target location for the PDF file being two hops away from the application that is invoking print.

That having been said, if you are creating PDF from Microsoft Office documents via Acrobat, you should not be printing to the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance. Rather, you should be using the Save as Adobe PDF (PDFMaker) feature provided by Acrobat as a plug-in to Word (as well as Excel and PowerPoint). That feature indeed defaults to the same directory as the source document you are editing. Furthermore, the PDF files generated by Acrobat's PDFMaker feature are of much higher quality and reliability than those produced by “printing” to Adobe PDF.  

[Jason26785528hzwp]

I use the "Save as Adobe PDF" option, but I have the same problem. The default "Save as" location is now the last place I saved a pdf and not the location of the MS Word document which I am saving.  This used to work fine for me until some recent Office365 upgrades, security changes, or pdf upgrade that broke it. How do I change the default "Save as Adobe PDF" location to the current folder rather than a past folder.

[Jason32085399jobp]

I have the exact same problem, and while I don't see any way to fix this on here, at least I know I am not alone, which is some comfort.   

[Michael30733202byt9]

Any luck in finding a solution? It seems between 2021 and 2023 the functionality of the Save as Adobe PDF button changed slightly.

[defaultxpiq203e1sbh]

I used the save as PDF for multiple years and it has been saving at the source file location for all this time. When I migrated from dropbox to sharepoint (OneDrive) the feature stopped working. It now saves as PDF at the latest saved location which is really annoying. Why would it save at the previous save location with OneDrive but at the source file location when using dropbox (both files are in the windows explorer btw)

[briang919]

Dov,

I recently upgraded to Windows 11 and use Microwoft 365. I have been using 365 for many years and the office application always defaulted to the same folder to "save as Adobe file." Now, after going to W11, when I save as an Adobe file, it goes to the last folder I saved that way. I cannot see a setting in Word to get the save location to default to the same directory as the Word file. Am I missing something in either office or Acrobat? Thank you.

[Kevin29626036judc]

I have the same problem. For years, when using MS word, I was able to use the "save as PDF" and it would save a PDF to the same folder location as my word document. We have just migrated to Microsoft 360, and now all my folders are part of my one drive. Now when I use my favorit "save as PDF" is will save to the last location I saved a PDF to, not the file with the word document I am working in. 
I have been saving PFD files on all the wrong locations and have to go searching for them after I save. It is driving me nuts this not longer works. I have been through my preferances and can not find a setting that will control this. What can I do?

[Karen31020945s0ih]

I have the same issue. Using "save as Adobe" out of Word and it defaults to the last place I saved a pdf. This is frustrating.

[RavenRB]

Adobe, it's been years and this issue is still not resolved. We recently had a client convert from using Google Drive to OneDrive for Business, and now the default save location for "save as PDF" is the last saved location, not the location of the open Excel file the client is working on (and just opened).

[Rizzy098]

Using "Save as Adobe PDF) USED to save to the same directory as the source document but when we switched to Office 365, it now saves to the PREVIOUS directory which is absolutely worthless.  I used to do this all the time and since I save tons of files, this is extremely annoying.  Why was this changed?

[Rizzy098]

And why does it say "correct answer" when it clearly is not?

[Kevin29626036judc]

Hello, Would you please remove your post? Or find a way to remove the "correct answer" label? It looks like several of us are using the method you describe and are still having the same problem. The save location issue is causing enough frustrations that we all have googled, join forums and are leaving comment of others posts. (Not something I like to do). Your "correct answer" maybe preventing a real solution to be found. At minumum it adds confusion and frustration. Please read all the other comments and remove your post.