Set or change file properties

Do one of the following:

In the active document

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, the document-library-specific properties are displayed in a form. Edit any field and then click OK or, to view and edit other properties, click File Properties.

For other Microsoft Office files

The following steps work only on files that are not currently open.

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.

   For Help on an option, click the question mark , and then click the option.

Note   You can use this procedure to set properties for all Microsoft Office files except Microsoft Access 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 (for example, .htm or .html).