Hi Jamie,

Unfortunately this is one of those areas that MS
didn't really work on even in Word 2003 (sigh).

The 'keyword' item in File=>Properties isn't stored
in an HTML <Meta ....> tag in Word documents and
they did not add a feature to do this in Insert=>Fields.
The File=>Properties dialog, except for Hyperlink Base
and Title are more 'comments' for roundtripping files
back to Word than they are for helping with getting
you noticed/found  on the web <g>

The method that Word offers is to work through the MS Script
Editor, which is what Word uses to work on HTML source
code.  It's an optional install for Microsoft Word/Office
through Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel
if you don't see it under Tools=>Macro=>MS Script Editor.

There is a properties tool in the editor that will let
you add a <meta keywords> field to your documents
such as:
 <meta name=keywords content="SAMPLE KEYWORD">
To use the properties tool, open your Word document
then open the Script Editor through the Macro listing
or View=>Source (on HTML documents). From the editor dialog
look for the 'Properties' pane and select the
'Properties Pages' icon (or use Shift+F4), type in
your list in  the 'Keywords' tab and click [Apply] and
you'll see the addition in the HTML source window.
You can also create the <Meta> tags manually in the
source view.

It's one of those features that's built into webpage
authoring tools such as MS Office Frontpage
 http://microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/
or Dreamweaver (as well as some shareware or freeware
web authoring tools available)

You may also want to add Alternate Text to the graphics
on your page through Format=>Picture=>/Web\
Some search engine bots will also make use of the
text in those descriptions.

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Hey Guys,

I was wondering if you could help?

I have the website: www.jadesignservices.co.uk - which was created in
Word 2002.

I recently tried adding meta-tags in the properties menu. I found that
it had various areas called comments and base hyperlink etc.

I typed the site keywords in the "Keywords" section and then the site
descritption in the comments area.

When I tested the site with a sim spider, I found it did not recgonize
the description and keywords apart from in the spider text area where
it also had text from my site with a weird set of numbers and also the
browser compatibility details. My main text is in a text box area.

Does anyone know how to set up the website for meta-tags and search
engines in word?

Thanks

Jamie Abbott >>