
Sometimes they are referred to as "Server Properties" Unnaturally refer to them using the same name as the first sort. Introduced in Word 2007 (Company fax, etc.)Īrguably the first sort of Property is the "true" "Custom Document Property", but since the second sort are also described as "Document Properties" and can be user-created (by a SharePoint user), and do not seem to have a well-established name, people not However, not all the names in that dropdown are related to SharePoint properties - some are "Builtin" Properties such as Author, and others come from a special set of "Cover Page Properties" When you insert one of the Properties from this dropdown, Word inserts aĬontent Control that is linked to the value of the property. Their names then appear in the Document Property dropdown. When a document is opened from Sharepoint, Sharepoint inserts information about the names and values These are typically, but not necessarily, related to columns created in a SharePoint library. The new sort, which are the sort that Jaynet Zhang describes. These are not displayed in the "Document Property" drop down you display in your original post. The old sort, where you create/maintain them in the "Advanced Properties"->Custom dialog pane, and insert them usingĭOCPROPERTY fields. There are now two sorts of "Custom Document Property" in Word: The following link is about “Design a Document Information Panel by using InfoPath”, but it is also applies to InfoPath 2007, you can refer: I have changed the steps in the above information for Word 2010.


The Document Information Panel opens above your document.

You can add some custom properties by clicking Advanced Properties in the upper left of the Document Information Panel, but the properties will not appear in the Document Information Panel or in the document itself. The properties that appear in the Document Information Panel can't be changed unless you add custom properties by using a property management server or a Microsoft Office InfoPath form. Based on my research, this should be done with Microsoft Office InfoPath.
