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Custom form for specified Document Properties
But how *did* you find that reference? If you mean the CommandBars ID one, I googled. Does Microsoft commit to keeping it stable over versions? I doubt it. But it does work in the version of Word 2010 I have here ( not the release version) and unless Microsoft is working on a much more radical revamp of Word than I have ever seen I suspect that both the Doc Properties dialog and custom document properties will be with us for some time. That said, personally I would be more concerned with where Microsoft is going with Custom Document Properties. They are obviously catered for in the "Word 2007" OOXML file formats, but since Word 2007 I would consider them to be "deprecated" in favour of "Custom XML" and Content Controls. Unfortunately, even in Word 2010 where MS has tried to find a more convenient place to show Document Property info., their overall "story" on this front does not appear to have improved since 2007, i.e. the new stuff is easy to use for a number of predefined properties associated with their cover pages etc, and works reasonably well if you are a SharePoint user, but is otherwise quite inaccessible without additional code etc. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 03/05/2010 22:57, David Powell wrote: Good to know about! But how *did* you find that reference? Does Microsoft commit to keeping it stable over versions? Thanks everyone for the responses. Sorry about the delay. Despite 'checking the box', I'm not getting notification of replies (it *is* via e-mail, not RSS, isn't it?). David "Peter Jamieson" wrote: A couple of possible approaches: a. create a macro like this: Sub showdocprops() CommandBars.FindControl(ID:=750, Visible:=False).Execute End Sub then use Office Button-Word Options-Customize, select Macros under "Choose commands from," locate th eMacro and Add it to the QAT list on the right. Then select it and click Modify to select an icon. Then it's "click the icon in the QAT, and click the Custom propertie tab (if it is not already displayed). I expect someone here knows how to put that sort of stuff elsewhere on the Word 2007 ribbon in other ways. Nor do I know whether there is a way to select the tab you want programmatically. b. in the Customize dialog, click Customize keyboard shortcuts, select the All Commands category. This shows a rather different list from the dialog in (a). Locate FileProperties and assign a keystroke. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/05/2010 05:38, David Powell wrote: Under Word 2007, by default, there's a huge number of keystrokes required to get to Custom Document Properties. I'd like to make this simple. Two ways forward have thwarted me, esp. since Word Help is no longer working properly for me (I'm getting empty Office 2010 stuff - subject of a separate post.) i) build a form (I've forgotten how to do this.) ii) explore the opportunities suggested by the ribbon under Developer|Templates|Document Panel. The dialog box that opens looks like it might supply what I want. Normally, the Help system would send me where I want to go. But it seems to be broken for me. Thanks . |
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