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Field codes: DocProperty field

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

{ DOCPROPERTY "Name" }

Inserts the indicated document information that is currently entered in the Properties dialog box (File menu).

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"Name"

The property that appears in the Properties dialog box. To select a property, click the property name in the Property box in the Field dialog box (Insert menu).

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Contact: { DOCPROPERTY Manager \* Upper }

In this example:

Contact: is the text that precedes the field result (field results: Text or graphics inserted in a document when Microsoft Word carries out a field's instructions. When you print the document or hide field codes, the field results replace the field codes.).
DOCPROPERTY is the field name.
Manager is the text for the required instruction ("Name").
\* Upper is an optional switch to specify that the name is displayed in all capitals.

If the name of the Manager specified on the Summary field of the Properties dialog box is Anna Gerrard, inserting this field in your document results in the following:

Contact: ANNA GERRARD