Document.BuiltInDocumentProperties Property

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Returns a DocumentProperties collection that represents all the built-in document properties for the specified document.

Syntax

expression.BuiltInDocumentProperties

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Document object.

Remarks

To return a single DocumentProperty object that represents a specific built-in document property, use the BuiltinDocumentProperties property. If Microsoft Word doesn't define a value for one of the built-in document properties, reading the Value property for that document property generates an error.

For information about returning a single member of a collection, see Returning an Object from a Collection.

Use the CustomDocumentProperties property to return the collection of custom document properties.

Example

This example inserts a list of built-in properties at the end of the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ListProperties()
    Dim rngDoc As Range
    Dim proDoc As DocumentProperty

Set rngDoc = ActiveDocument.Content

rngDoc.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd

For Each proDoc In ActiveDocument.<strong class="bterm">BuiltInDocumentProperties</strong>
    With rngDoc
        .InsertParagraphAfter
        .InsertAfter proDoc.Name &amp; "= "
        On Error Resume Next
        .InsertAfter proDoc.Value
    End With
Next



End Sub

This example displays the number of words in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DisplayTotalWords()
    Dim intWords As Integer
    intWords = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyWords)
    MsgBox "This document contains " & intWords & " words."
End Sub

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