How to Insert a Document's Summary Information in Word

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Microsoft Word 2003 keeps track of the summary information for each Word document. The summary information includes the author's name, document title, subject, number of pages, date it was last saved, file name and other data. You can insert this information into a Word document.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Step1
Start Microsoft Word 2003 and open a document from your files or create a new blank document into which you want to insert summary information.
Step2
Click at a point within the document in which you want to insert the information.
Step3
Choose the "Insert" menu. Click "Field" to open the "Field" dialog box. All the field codes that can be inserted into a Word document are listed in this box.
Step4
Select "Document Information" from the "Categories" drop-down list on the top left of the "Field" dialog box. The different types of summary information will be listed in the "Field names" list. Right-click the summary information you want to include in your Word document from the list.
Step5
Set the properties of the summary information you want to include in your document in the "Field Properties" section of the dialog box. It is located in the middle of the screen.
Step6
Click "OK" to close the dialog box and insert the document's summary information into the document.

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