Greg Madden wrote:
> I go to 'file>save as" , the save as dialog always starts at
> /tmp...then I
> have to navigate to the dir with saved pdf's...this is a deep dir

One option is to add that folder to the 'save as' folder menu. There's
an 'add entry' option when you right click with the mouse over the
menu (F9 to show/hide it).