Set or change file properties

1. On the File menu, click Properties, and then click the Summary tab.
2. Type any information you want in the file properties boxes.

Notes

• The file properties are not actually associated with the file until you save the file.

• If you opened the document from a document library that has custom properties defined, the document-library-specific properties are displayed in a form in the Web File Properties dialog box. Edit any field and then click OK or, to view and edit other properties, click File Properties.
• If you opened the file from a Document Workspace site, you can view and edit properties on the Document Information tab of the Shared Workspace task pane.

1. Click Open .
2. If you want to open a document that was saved in a different folder, locate and open the folder.
3. Click the file you want to set file properties for.
4. Click Tools, and then click Properties.
5. To add or change properties, select the options you want on the Summary and Custom tabs.

Note  You can use this procedure to set properties for documents and templates (.doc and .dot files). You cannot use this procedure to set properties for other types of files, such as text files and files saved in Web page format (.htm, .html, .mht, or .mhtml).