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We use a lot of different word documents within our projects. All documents
list common project data, like a project number and description. When we
start a new project we usually copy all the old files and update all the
common data manually. I am trying to automate some of this, and I think I
would like to use document property fields. I have created custom doc
properties for this data so that when we copy the files all we have to do is
update the properties of each file, and every reference within the document
will automatically update. Is there a quick way to create these same document
properties in all the other files?
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Hello,

Have you tried creating a template for your documents? It's an easier way to
save document properties as well as styles and formatting.

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"AlwaysFroosh!" wrote:

We use a lot of different word documents within our projects. All documents
list common project data, like a project number and description. When we
start a new project we usually copy all the old files and update all the
common data manually. I am trying to automate some of this, and I think I
would like to use document property fields. I have created custom doc
properties for this data so that when we copy the files all we have to do is
update the properties of each file, and every reference within the document
will automatically update. Is there a quick way to create these same document
properties in all the other files?

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Unfortuneately the documents already exist, so now I am just trying to add
the properties.


"Kathleen" wrote:

Hello,

Have you tried creating a template for your documents? It's an easier way to
save document properties as well as styles and formatting.

Kat
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"AlwaysFroosh!" wrote:

We use a lot of different word documents within our projects. All documents
list common project data, like a project number and description. When we
start a new project we usually copy all the old files and update all the
common data manually. I am trying to automate some of this, and I think I
would like to use document property fields. I have created custom doc
properties for this data so that when we copy the files all we have to do is
update the properties of each file, and every reference within the document
will automatically update. Is there a quick way to create these same document
properties in all the other files?

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See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/DSOFile.htm

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Unfortuneately the documents already exist, so now I am just trying to add
the properties.


"Kathleen" wrote:

Hello,

Have you tried creating a template for your documents? It's an easier

way to
save document properties as well as styles and formatting.

Kat
--
Help us create the software that you need - a

href="http://gurangosoft.com/advisor.aspx"http://gurangosoft.com/advisor.as
px/a



"AlwaysFroosh!" wrote:

We use a lot of different word documents within our projects. All

documents
list common project data, like a project number and description. When

we
start a new project we usually copy all the old files and update all

the
common data manually. I am trying to automate some of this, and I

think I
would like to use document property fields. I have created custom doc
properties for this data so that when we copy the files all we have to

do is
update the properties of each file, and every reference within the

document
will automatically update. Is there a quick way to create these same

document
properties in all the other files?


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