How can I change the default folder to open within an application?

Before 10.10.3 applications would open the previously used folder when I opened a document from within an app such as Word.  Now the default open folder is my Documents.  The Finder Preferences window doesn't have the option to choose the previously used folder. How can I get back the ability to have the previously used folder be the default?

The app would store that information in your preferences. Do you notice that any other preferences do not stick if you change them?

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