OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2
MS Word: Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP1

I can NOT add or delete any custom fields at the file/properties/custom
screen for any of my MS Word documents.

How can I re-enable this feature?

I don't believe you can delete Word's built-in "custom" properties, but you
should be able to add new ones and change the default values of existing
ones. You have to type a value for the Add button to be enabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"hike" wrote in message
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OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2
MS Word: Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP1

I can NOT add or delete any custom fields at the file/properties/custom
screen for any of my MS Word documents.

How can I re-enable this feature?

That list is an entirely pointless list of 'suggested' custom fields. They
are not actually in the document (or the template or anywhere else). Their
only purpose is to save you the trouble of typing the field name in the name
box -- but you can type any name you like.



"hike" wrote in message
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OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2
MS Word: Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP1

I can NOT add or delete any custom fields at the file/properties/custom
screen for any of my MS Word documents.

How can I re-enable this feature?

Thank you for your response but I can not add new ones or change the
default values of existing ones. Whether I select one of the built-in
custom field names or type in a new custom field name, the ADD and
DELETE buttons remain shaded. See image at link below:

http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~chsbrown/526au/shaded.jpg

Also, I think I can delete built-in "custom" fields. I only think this
because it was recommended by Microsoft Help document to fix a problem.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I don't believe you can delete Word's built-in "custom" properties,
but you
should be able to add new ones and change the default values of
existing
ones. You have to type a value for the Add button to be enabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"hike" wrote in message
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OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2
MS Word: Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP1

I can NOT add or delete any custom fields at the
file/properties/custom
screen for any of my MS Word documents.

How can I re-enable this feature?

As Suzanne said, "You have to type a value for the Add button to be
enabled." To make this as clear as possible:

You *must* type something in the box labeled "Value:".
Then and only then will the Add button be enabled.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

hike wrote:
Thank you for your response but I can not add new ones or change the
default values of existing ones. Whether I select one of the built-in
custom field names or type in a new custom field name, the ADD and
DELETE buttons remain shaded. See image at link below:

http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~chsbrown/526au/shaded.jpg

Also, I think I can delete built-in "custom" fields. I only think
this because it was recommended by Microsoft Help document to fix a
problem.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I don't believe you can delete Word's built-in "custom" properties,
but you should be able to add new ones and change the default values
of existing ones. You have to type a value for the Add button to be
enabled.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"hike" wrote in message
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OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2
MS Word: Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP1

I can NOT add or delete any custom fields at the
file/properties/custom screen for any of my MS Word documents.

How can I re-enable this feature?