Word – Fields and Properties in Microsoft Word 2007

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I have added some advanced properties into my Microsoft Word 2007 document. These were created by doing the following:
Click the Office button -> Prepare -> Properties. Under the Document Properties drop-down menu, select Advanced Properties. In the Custom tab, add properties as needed.

My question is how do you insert these custom properties into the Word document so that they are in text form and gets updated when you update the properties in that one spot?

Thank you!

Best Answer

Add a property:

  • Click Office Button > Prepare > Properties
  • Click Document Properties and select Advanced Properties
  • Click the Custom tab
  • Type the property name
  • Select the property type
  • Type the property value
  • Click Add
  • Click OK

To add a field to the document using the property:

  • Move to the place where you want to insert the property
  • Click the Insert tab on the ribbon
  • Click Quick Parts
  • Click Field
  • From the Field Name list select DocProperty
  • From the Property list select the property you created
  • Click OK

To change the value of the property:

  • Click Office Button > Prepare > Properties
  • Click Document Properties and select Advanced Properties
  • Click the Custom tab
  • From the Properties table (at the bottom) select a property
  • Type the new value
  • Click Modify
  • Click OK

To update all the fields in the document (at once):

  • Press Ctrl-A to select all the text
  • Press F9 up update all the fields selected.

Note that this will update the Table of Contents, links, etc. as well. If you want to just update a single field, select it and press F9.

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