Saving pdf files

in the generic folder place shortcut(s) to the folder(s) where you want to save the file(s)

rbogie,

Your answer tells me I have not made the question clear.

All of my scans go from HP Solution Center scanning software to a folder "My Scans" in "My Documents."

I then open those pdf files and "save as" to the destination folder. I have literally hundreds of potential destination folders available, i.e., clients, vendors, medical, clients' vendors, clients' yearly archiving, etc.

I may scan several items in a row for saving as individual documents, i.e., not documents I want to "combine" or "merge" but to remain as individual files, e.g., I was scanning a client's bank statements. I want one month in one pdf file. So I scan each month separately, then save each file, identifying each as the month and year involved. It would not be possible to "put a destination folder" in the generic folder ("My Scans").

In the past, e.g., I saved "xxxxx, 01-07" to the client's 2007, Bank Statement folder. The next scan to be saved would be, " xxxxx, 02-07" and I want to file it in the same client's 2007 Bank Statement folder, but Acrobat doesn't seem to remember "where" I saved the last file scanned.

I was looking for some option in Acrobat that would cause the program to "remember" where I saved the last file and automatically go that folder (in anticipation that I would be saving THIS file in the same folder as I save the last file). I realize this is a procedure that would be helpful for only part of the time when saving pdf files, but it happens often enough to be a time-saving feature.

The reality is that if I scan 5 different items, I would often be saving each to a different folder than the previous scan, but this "remembering" option would save a little time in the saving process.

I was recently upgraded from Adobe 7.0 Standard to Adobe 9.0 Pro. When using the older version, I created a number of task automations using the keystroke emulator of a program called Robotask. The automations worked because the "Save As" default was "My Documents". In Adobe 9.0 Pro, the default directory is the last directory in which you accessed or used Adobe. From what I can tell, there is no way to ensure with this version that when a new PDF is created (in this case as a print function) that the "Save As" path can be set and will therefore default to that directory or target folder. The User has to navigate to the correct destination folder every time - 85% of my print jobs are destined for one folder, so "remembeing" my default like it Adobe 7.0 used to would be helpful.
Doubt if this helps, but I think the goal is similar - find a way for the user to control the destination when saving.

SunTaxMan, what rbogie was suggesting was a work-around. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it'll certainly speed things up while we wait for someone else to chime in who may know the answer.

Try this:

1) In a Windows Explorer window, navigate to MY DOCUMENTS > MY SCANS folder (or wherever your HP scanner keeps defaulting to)
2) On the Windows file menu, select FILE > NEW > SHORTCUT. The Shortcut dialog box opens.
3) Click BROWSE, then navigate to a relatively high level folder that's near where most of your PDF files will be saved. For example, you could select something like MY DOCUMENTS > BANK STATEMENTS > 2007. Select it, then click OK (Obviously, you would probably need to click a little deeper when you are saving the PDF, such as the month, but it gets you there faster).
4) Click NEXT.
5) Give the shortcut a name and click FINISH.

You could repeat this if you have a handful of general locations that you'll be saving files to. It's not a perfect fix, but it might speed things up in the meantime...

big thanks to SeattleUser for a useful and clear post.

here's a little more info, adapted and streamlined from MS help:

To make a shortcut in a subfolder of My Documents open My Documents and open (double-click) the folder where you want to place the shortcut ("My Scans" in this thead)
On the File menu, point to New and click Shortcut. Follow instructions in the Create Shortcut Wizard.

Option: to create a shortcut to a folder, right-click the folder and click Create Shortcut. This creates a shortcut to the selected folder. Drag/drop (or cut/paste) the shortcut to a new location ("My Scans" folder) [tip: have My Scans folder open so that the drag/drop action can be accomplished as many times as needed]

Depending on what's practical, the shortcut's target folder may be a level or two above the folder where you intend to save/archive the recently scanned file.

This is the solution, for better or worse. End of story.

The only other thing I was wondering about is if SunTaxMan's HP scanning software has some sort of default folder location setting that can be tweaked. Without the software, however, it's hard to know! I know that Acrobat Professional has such a setting, although even that is limited to a single location or a 'prompt' for a location - not necessarily a 'last used' location. =(

the answer is here:
Scanning with HP Solution Center Software in Windows XP
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&softwareitem=oj-30567-1&os=228&product=421993&docname=c01585107#SolutionCentersee "Step two: Scan the item" #4 "Read through the various options for the scan settings ..."

I'm sure the default folder setting can be changed. A call to HP support might yield a definitive answer.

The practical way is to scan any number of "joe's" bank statements to the default (My Scans) folder. Then "cut" the just scanned files and jump to the top folder for "joe's records" by means of a shortcut, then open the subfolder of "joe's bank statements" and execute a "paste".

I have mentioned this in several articles recently and thought I would let you know that if you are storing OLE objects in a field in your table you could be asking for serious trouble. MS Access has a 2 gig limit so if you take this approach then keep this in mind, OLE objects tend to increase the size of your DB in a major way. I did find the following thread this thread has a link which should guide you in the direction you want.

thescripts.com/forum/thread205446.html
copied,..its helpful one,..