Opening/Saving packages/Trados 2015

Question

Hello, when I want to save a package in another folder than the default folder, I have to create the folder first and then select it. With Trados 2011, I didn´t need to create each time a new folder (very time-consuming!), it saved the package automatically in the requested path, with the corresponding package number. I just had to select the path once, then, all the new projects were automatically saved in this path, with a new folder for every new package.
Is this not possible anymore with Trados 2015?
Many thanks in advance for your help!

Paul · Accepted Answer

Hi Anne, 
 I decided to create a short video to make sure we are clear on what's happening and because I can share this with development to help explain where things could be improved and why.

Thank you for taking the time to report this. 
 Regards 
 Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Anne, 
 I had to play with this a bit to understand what you meant as I didn't think it behaved any differently at first. But I see a couple of things now: 
 2011 You open the package, change the location and at this point lose the name of the project. So you have to copy paste, or retype the project name into the path presented and the folder is created with the project in it. 
 2015 You open the package, change the location and at this point lose the name of the project. But now you can't add the name into the end of the path, you have to click browse and then add the name of the project so that the new empty folder is created with this name. 
 So there is an additional step here. But next you come to do the second package and in 2011 the path is remembered and in 2015 it is not. So I would have to browse to the new location every time. Indeed this is a little irritating and is what you are referring to I think. 
 This latter problem is interesting because when 2015 first came out I tested this and I'm pretty sure the location you used for the Project was retained so it became available the next time, which is what you want. But now it seems to revert to the default Project location every time. There is good reason for this I think and I documented this in an article which you may find interesting (I also noted the behaviour you want which I'm sure applied at the time):

I'll pick this up with the development team and see whether there were some changes here I missed after the last update. 
 Regards 
 Paul

Paul · Answer

Thanks Walter, 
 The next release should do the second one at least, but I'd rather see some options for setting a path for anything that needs one. 
 Unknown said: P.S.: Let me point out that your video is in a file format that is not supported in Chrome. This makes it necessary to copy the URL and open it in another browser in order to be able to watch the video. 
 That's odd... I'm using Chrome and it seems fine for me. It's a youtube video not a file loaded to the community.

Paul · Answer

Unknown said: I know that it is very convenient to post videos on YouTube, but are you aware that many companies block the access to YouTube from within the company? 
 Hi Walter, 
 I must admit I have never come across this before so I think it must be a few rather than more! I think this is unfortunate for those companies, but don't think we should be duplicating everything we make available on youtube to satisfy the needs of a few. It's by far the most effective way to share video content to a wider audience. 
 I guess when we do work for organisations like this then services could be provided to make them available in other formats. 
 Regards 
 Paul

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