How to easily get network path to the file you are working on

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In Excel 2003 there used to be a command that I added to my toolbar that was called Address  if I remember correctly  and it would show the fully-qualified network path to the file I had open   For example    ads IT-DEPT-DFS data Users someguy somefile xls  This made it easy to grab this string and pop it in an email when you wanted to share the file with a coworker   I don t see this option in Excel 2010 but find myself needing to send receive Excel files a lot now   Coworkers will give vague references to  it is on the share drive  or email the file as an attachment  ugh     Anyone know if something comparable exists in Excel 2010   UPDATE  I found this mapping of Excel 2003 to 2007 commands   http   office microsoft com en-us excel-help redir AM010186429 aspx CTT 5 amp origin HA010086048  Web Address is what I was using - looks like that became  Document Location  in 2007   But they removed obfuscated this again in 2010   I am trying to find a mapping like this for 2007 to 2010

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Just paste the below formula in any of the cells  it will render the path of the file    LEFT CELL  filename   FIND     CELL  filename   1     The above formula works in any version of Excel

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Answer to my own question   The only way I have found that works consistently and instantaneously is to   1  Create a link in my  Favorites  to the directory I use  2  Update the properties on that favorite to be an absolute path    ads IT-DEPT-DFS Data MAILROOM   3  When saving a new file  I navigate to that directory only via the Favorites directory created above  or you can use any Shortcut with an absolute path   4  After saving  go to the File tab and the full path can be copied from the top of the Info  default  section

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I found a way to display the Document Location module in Office 2010   File - gt  Options - gt  Quick Access Toolbar  From the  Choose commands list  select All Commands find  Document Location  press the  Add gt  gt   button   press OK   Viola  the file path is at the top of your 2010 office document

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Here s how to get the filepath of the file in Excel 2010    1  Right click on the Ribbon  2  Click on  Customize the Ribbon  3  On the right hand side  click  New Group   This will add a new tab to the Ribbon            If you want to  click on the  Rename  button the right side and name your tab  For example  I named the tab  Doc Path   This step is optional 4  Under  Choose Commands From  on the left hand side  choose  Commands Not in the Ribbon   5  Select  Document Location  and  Add  it to your newly created group  6  The filepath should now appear under the newly created tab on the ribbon

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I realise this is a slightly old question  but it was driving me crazy too - and today I ve found the solution that I believe the questioner was looking for  i e  a direct mapping of Excel 2003 s Web-- Address to the Excel 2010 Ribbon    To customise the Ribbon  right-click on it and choose  Customise the Ribbon   You can make a new tab group  or add this to an existing one  Choose to look in  All commands  and then the one you are after is simply called  Address   This puts a box with the full network path in it  that can be selected to copy  into the ribbon  just like Excel 2003

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Right click on the ribbon and choose Customize the ribbon   From the Choose commands from  drop down  select Commands not in the ribbon    That is where I found the Document location command

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Easiest way to find address path in Excel 2010   File - info - properties  on right  -  drop-down menu  - advanced properties - general tab  You will get to the same properties box that was so simple to find in Excel 2003

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In Win7  and Vista I think   you can Shift Right Click the file in question and select Copy as path to get the full network path  Note  if the shared drive is mapped to a letter  you will get that path instead  ie  X  someguy somefile xls

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You may use this formula to get the path of the file    LEFT CELL  filename   FIND     CELL  filename   1 -1

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