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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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You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT
(Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT
(Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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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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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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Good one! I was looking but failed to find that reference. To get it to open
at the Custom properties tab, I believe Sendkeys may be the only way forward, thus Sub showdocprops() SendKeys "{Right 4}" CommandBars.FindControl(ID:=750, Visible:=False).Execute End Sub As for the ribbon - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... 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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Good one! I was looking but failed to find that reference. To get it to open
at the Custom properties tab, I believe Sendkeys may be the only way forward, thus Sub showdocprops() SendKeys "{Right 4}" CommandBars.FindControl(ID:=750, Visible:=False).Execute End Sub As for the ribbon - http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... 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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I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you
there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you
there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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Doh! I don't know why I didn't find that
Anyway I have used the macro Peter suggested, c/w the modification I added and it always opens at Custom -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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Doh! I don't know why I didn't find that
Anyway I have used the macro Peter suggested, c/w the modification I added and it always opens at Custom -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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Ah, that's what they call it now. I've always looked for stuff like
"Document Properties" or "File Properties". Thanks. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/05/2010 14:34, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). |
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Ah, that's what they call it now. I've always looked for stuff like
"Document Properties" or "File Properties". Thanks. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/05/2010 14:34, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). |
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Once you've been through the thousand-click dance to get there through the
UI, then you already know that it's "Advanced Document Properties." g -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... Ah, that's what they call it now. I've always looked for stuff like "Document Properties" or "File Properties". Thanks. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/05/2010 14:34, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). |
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Once you've been through the thousand-click dance to get there through the
UI, then you already know that it's "Advanced Document Properties." g -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... Ah, that's what they call it now. I've always looked for stuff like "Document Properties" or "File Properties". Thanks. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/05/2010 14:34, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). |
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These days, by the time I get to the end of the thousand-click dance,
I'm very likely to have forgotten the names of every single one of the steps :-) A great deal of my memory of where things are in Word is now positional, especially when I find myself having to switch the UI language. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 02/05/2010 04:27, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Once you've been through the thousand-click dance to get there through the UI, then you already know that it's "Advanced Document Properties." g |
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These days, by the time I get to the end of the thousand-click dance,
I'm very likely to have forgotten the names of every single one of the steps :-) A great deal of my memory of where things are in Word is now positional, especially when I find myself having to switch the UI language. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 02/05/2010 04:27, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Once you've been through the thousand-click dance to get there through the UI, then you already know that it's "Advanced Document Properties." g |
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Yes, except do you know how long it took me to find a keyboard contortion
just to get to the Document Properties dropdown? (2 X [Shift]-[Tab]). Then it's [down][down][Enter] to get the "Advanced Properties"! So that's 5 (or 6 if you count the uncomfortable [Shift]!). "Graham Mayor" wrote: You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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Yes, except do you know how long it took me to find a keyboard contortion
just to get to the Document Properties dropdown? (2 X [Shift]-[Tab]). Then it's [down][down][Enter] to get the "Advanced Properties"! So that's 5 (or 6 if you count the uncomfortable [Shift]!). "Graham Mayor" wrote: You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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Thanks; that's useful. That will get me there with [Alt] digit digit
[Control-Shift-Tab] (given that my QAT is now 10 icons long!). I'm still interested in whether my second line of enquiry was a viable one. As others have mentioned, "Custom Properties" includes a lot of Microsoft-suggested prompts and it's not a very inviting way to encourage updating of relevant document metadata in a shared environment. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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Thanks; that's useful. That will get me there with [Alt] digit digit
[Control-Shift-Tab] (given that my QAT is now 10 icons long!). I'm still interested in whether my second line of enquiry was a viable one. As others have mentioned, "Custom Properties" includes a lot of Microsoft-suggested prompts and it's not a very inviting way to encourage updating of relevant document metadata in a shared environment. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I added the Advanced Document Properties button to the QAT, which gets you there in one click, two to get to Custom (and the next time you open it, it will open at Custom). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You could add the Properties command from the all commands group to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and that would reduce the 'massive number' of keystrokes to three. One to display the properties window - two more to display the advanced properties. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "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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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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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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It is via email when it works, which it hasn't been doing for months. We've
pleaded with Microsoft to put up a notice to this effect (or remove the option), but so far there's been no response. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "David Powell" wrote in message ... 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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It is via email when it works, which it hasn't been doing for months. We've
pleaded with Microsoft to put up a notice to this effect (or remove the option), but so far there's been no response. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "David Powell" wrote in message ... 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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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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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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