Word 2007 Tip of the Day: Document Properties

You can add document properties to Word docs. If you want to do this regularly, you can just add an icon to the Quick Access Toolbar that will display the Document Properties form for you.

Tip #2: Add Document Properties to the Quick Access Toolbar

1) Next to The Button

is an area called the Quick Access Toolbar, in it you'll see icons for saving, redo, and undo.

Click the down arrow on the right side of the QAT.

2) Select "More Commands" from the menu.


The Word Options dialog appears, and it's opened to the Customize tab.

3) Under "Choose Commands From" above the left pane, select "All Commands".
4) Scroll down the left pane and select "Properties".
5) Click the Add button in the center of the panes.

In the right pane, you'll see the icon for Document Properties, added to the already existing icons in the QAT.

6) Click the OK button on the lower right.
7) Now click the Document Properties icon to display the default properties form for Word documents.


You can enter data into this form that will be saved as metadata in a piece named /docProps/core.xml within the .docx package.