How make a field for filling in docproperty Title

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Otto Brandt - 29 Apr 2004 09:27 GMT

I am using word 2002.

I would like to have a field in my doc that says "Insert
document title here". When the user Inserts the title it
would go to docproperty title (that is the one when you
click File->Properties and you choose Summary tab).

Some sources claim this would work:
{ TITLE " {FILLIN "Insert..."} " }
{ TITLE {FILLIN "Insert..."} }
{INFO Title {FILLIN "Insert..."} }

They don't work for me :( . I been figthing with it for
hours :(

If you have a documet that this works in please send a copy
(or stripped down copy) to my email address. -arion-@city.fi

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 29 Apr 2004 13:51 GMT

You are going to need to use a macro to assign a value to a
BuiltinDocumentProperty other than by the use of the File>Properties dialog

If you were using a formfield in a protected document, you could use

ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyTitle)=ActiveDocument.For
mFields("BMName").Result

where BMName is the bookmark assigned to the formfield.

Or with a userform containing a textbox with the name txtTitle

ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyTitle) = txtTitle.Text

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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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> I am using word 2002.
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> If you have a documet that this works in please send a copy
> (or stripped down copy) to my email address. -arion-@city.fi

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