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Summary: One of the pieces of information you can store with a document is the title of that document. Using fields, you can then insert that title anywhere in the document you desire. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)
Word keeps track of many pieces of information about your document. You can see the information maintained by Word simply by choosing Properties from the File menu. If you are using Word 2007, you can see the same information by clicking the Office button and then clicking Word Options. In the resulting Word Options dialog box, you click Prepare and then Properties.
If you search around through the information that Word maintains about a document, you'll find that Word provides the opportunity to specify a title for your document. Once you set the title, Word allows you to insert this information into your document and have it updated automatically. This means you can set the title once in the document properties, and then have it inserted in the header, footer, or heading for your document. That way, you only have to update it in one place and it will automatically be updated everywhere in the document.
To insert the document title into your document, follow these steps if you are using a version of Word prior to Word 2007:
If you are using Word 2007, then you should follow these steps instead:
Tip #1858 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003 2007
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