How do I get my mac to reopen the same folder I am working in?

I use multiple files of Excel or Word on my iMac and when I go to open I want it to open to the last folder I was in. This worked this way with using Excel or Word on a PC. How do I get it to do the same thing on the Mac?

Apps will manage this on their own. I don't beleive there is a system-wide setting.
For example, Office sets a default folder location for user files. The first save (in a session) of a new document will start there. Once I've saved a new document in a location, Word uses that as the default starting location for any subsequent documents I create in that session unless I change it. Is yours not doing this?
There is a program called DefaultFolder that will manage a global default location (I think). I don't use it, so I don't know if it works in Mavericks or if it will solve your dilemma.

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