Save As directory

When I open a document and choose a Save As command, how can I do to the application open automatically the same directory that the original file is saved?
If I have to Save As several documents in a directory with different names, it's a tedious task to navigate to the original directory several times; for example, when I Save As Finale documents, each time I do, the Save As dialog box opens the Finale Files directory and I have to navigate to the directory I want. I remember that in the past when I opened a file and then I saved the file with another name I always were routed to the same directory. Is there any setting to correct this?

Try using the third-party utility Default Folder X 4.4.12.
What you describe is an issue with the application not the operating system.

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This is the on-line help instructions on this site:
Downloading a PDF file to your hard drive
You can download a PDF file to the hard drive from a web page's link. Downloading PDF files doesn't require the ActiveX plug-in file to be installed. (If you want to open and view the PDF file after downloading it, you must have Acrobat, Adobe Reader, or Acrobat Reader installed.)
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There is not a way to set the default location from all the forums i searched in the last couple days.
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I been searching but running into a dead end, no answer.
Thx
Russ

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