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Document.Keywords Property

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Visio Automation Reference

Gets or sets the value of the Keywords box in a document's Properties dialog box. Read/write.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Visio 2.0

Syntax

expression.Keywords

expression   A variable that represents a Document object.

Return Value
String

Remarks

Setting the Keywords property is equivalent to entering information in the Keywords box in the Properties dialog box (File menu).

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the Keywords property to document the keywords that help locate a drawing. It adds a Document object to the Documents collection and sets the Document object's Keywords property as well as other document properties.

Before running this macro, substitute your own values for the items in italic in the following code. To verify that these properties have been set, open the Properties dialog box.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public Sub Keywords_Example() 

Dim vsoDocument As Visio.Document


Set vsoDocument = Documents.Add("") 

'Set the properties of the document. 
vsoDocument.Title = "<em>document title</em>" 
vsoDocument.Creator = "<em>author name</em>" 
vsoDocument.Description = "<em>document description</em>" 
vsoDocument.Keywords = "<em>keyword1, keyword2, keyword3</em>" 
vsoDocument.Subject = "<em>document subject</em>" 
vsoDocument.Manager = "<em>manager name</em>" 
vsoDocument.Category = "<em>document category</em>" 



End Sub

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