Office 2013 simplify "places" in open, save and save as

And the Open Dialog?
I still have all those templates.

The templates aren't in the OPEN dialogue, they are in NEW.

Why do you want to get rid of them?  They aren't actually on your computer, those are just images of the type of document you can create.

Jeff
TechSoEasy

This is for my parents who are very elderly. They get confused if there is clutter on the screen.

For the others, I still want to tidy up open and new and get rid of SkyDrive (this is WIndows 8.1) in save.

I don't know why your parents would ever see the "NEW" screen then.  Generally they would just open the program by clicking on the icon and a fresh new document opens up.

Jeff
TechSoEasy

OK but my question is:

1. Get rid of all the web templates in File New
2. Have only Computer (default file location) in File Open
3. Have only Computer (default file location) in File Save

I did not find out how to get rid of Skydrive, nor all the web templates.

You most certainly DID! And if you didn't, why didn't you ask more?

The above link will get rid of all web templates if you follow the directions, and if you weren't satisfied with vasilcho's responses above about how to remove Sky Drive, you can completely disable it from Windows by following this blog post:  http://www.howtogeek.com/167058/how-to-disable-skydrive-integration-in-windows-8.1

Next time, please respond back if you didn't get enough information.  And if the participating Experts don't provide it, you can always click the "request attention" link right below your question.  Awarding a "C" grade should only be done if Experts don't respond at all to your comments.

Jeff

Oh, one other thing... you should be able to remove SkyDrive from Word as well by clicking on File > Account and then clicking on "Remove" next to the SkyDrive entry:

If I disable Skydrive, I think I also disable Skydrive Pro which I need.

On Windows 8.1 with Office 2013 I do not have the Remove option next to the built in Skydrive account.
I can remove all the other accounts EXCEPT Skydrive / Microsoft Account

I have resolved the Save menu problem.

No, SkyDrive and SkyDrive pro are completely separate things.

So just remove it via the article I linked above and it will be gone.

Jeff

OK for the Templates
OK for the Save
OK Skydrive is gone from File Explorer

But I will have "Skydrive" in the Word 2013 File Open and File Save As menu, and it re-connects if the user clicks on it.

I know Skydrive and Skydrive Pro are different things but try getting and 87 year old to remember that.

And now when you connect Skydrive Pro to Office 365 the connection in the Word menus is no longer called Skydrive Pro (the Tile is still called Skydrive Pro, but can be renamed), but is called by the name of the Office365 site.

I know this is not your fault but using the same icon (dark blue cloud) and term (skydrive) in two menus in the same software is just not acceptable.



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Microsoft has always been bad with product names, and I fully agree with you that calling both products SkyDrive is horrible.

Maybe this will at least help you smile:
http://dragontv.ssis-suzhou.net/media/microsoft-redesigns-the-ipod-box

Jeff

Also, one more thing... just to make it even worse for you...

Believe it or not, SkyDrive@FbgLac is NOT the same as FbgLac in Word.  That's why they are named differently.

SkyDrivePro (SkyDrive@FbgLac) is not linked to your TEAM SharePoint site, but rather your PERSONAL site's document library.

From the Office365 Web Portal, if you click on SITES at the top, you will see the Team Site (or go directly to yourdomain.sharepoint.com), and next to SITES you'll see SkyDrive, which is your personal site.

To add the Team (shared) site to Windows Explorer you need to click the "Sync" icon in the upper right corner of the Team Site page.

You will then end up with something like this if you have all three places:

And I must have missed this the other day, but it's getting even worse!  

SkyDrive is no more!  It's now called OneDrive and OneDrive for Business

http://redmondmag.com/blogs/the-schwartz-report/2014/01/skydrive-renamed.aspx

OUCH, and how am I to explain this to my 87 year old mother?

And I still can't get rid of the one associated with the unnecessary Microsoft account I had to create to activate Windows 8

Are you still signing into the machine with the Microsoft account?  You can switch to a local account instead:  http://rdsrc.us/gc4ulZ

Jeff