Microsoft Word 2010 documents can contain a variety of different types of data. Whether you want to include an image, video, or text, Word offers a way for you to do so.
But you may not realize that there is additional information, called “metadata”, that is also attached to your file.
This data is separate from the content of your document and includes information such as the author’s name, the title of the document, or even keywords for the document.
There are several places where this information can be entered or edited, but one of the options is to edit this information in the Document Panel.
Our tutorial below will show you how to open the Document Panel in Word 2010 so that you can use it to change the information as needed.
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Showing the Document Panel in Word 2010
The steps in this article will show you how to display the Document Panel above your document in Microsoft Word 2010.
This is where you can set a lot of the metadata for your document, such as Author Name, Subject, Title, Keywords, and more.
Step 1: Open your document in Microsoft Word 2010.
Step 2: Click the File tab at the top-left corner of the window.
Step 3: Click the Properties drop-down menu in the column at the right side of the window, then click the Show Document Panel option.
Step 4: You can then make changes to any of these values by editing the data in the appropriate field. You can also make additional changes by clicking the Document Properties link at the top of the Document Panel, then clicking the Advanced Properties option.
Be sure to save your document after changing any of these values.
Now that you know how to display the document properties panel in Word 2010, you can easily view the information contained in that location whenever you need to.
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