Set document properties

The following example shows you how to set the document properties (metadata) of a Word document, such as title, subject, author, keywords and creation date.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            // Set document properties
            doc.Title = "My Document Title";
            doc.Subject = "Document Subject";
            doc.Creator = "John Doe";
            doc.Keywords = "Word, .NET, Document";
            doc.Description = "This document was created using Word .NET library.";
            doc.Category = "Tutorial";
            doc.Created = DateTime.Now;
            doc.Modified = DateTime.Now;

            // Add some content
            Run run = new Run("This document has properties set.");

            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
            paragraph.Add(run);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        ' Set document properties
        doc.Title = "My Document Title"
        doc.Subject = "Document Subject"
        doc.Creator = "John Doe"
        doc.Keywords = "Word, .NET, Document"
        doc.Description = "This document was created using Word .NET library."
        doc.Category = "Tutorial"
        doc.Created = DateTime.Now
        doc.Modified = DateTime.Now

        ' Add some content
        Dim run As Run = New Run("This document has properties set.")

        Dim paragraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph()
        paragraph.Add(run)

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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