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{excerpt}Sets the value of the specified property.{excerpt}
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 public void SetDocumentProperty(BuiltInProperty property, System.Object propertyValue)
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Public Sub SetDocumentProperty(ByVal [property] As BuiltInProperty, ByVal propertyValue As Object)
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{param:property}A [DocumentProperties.BuiltInProperty|DocumentProperties.BuiltInProperty] object that represents the built\-in property to set.{param}
{param:propertyValue}An {{Object}} that represents the value of the property specified.{param}

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{exception:ArgumentException}{{SetDocumentProperty}} will throw this exception if an invalid type is passed for the property.

* _CreationDate_, _EditTime_ and _LastPrintedDate_ must be of type {{System.DateTime}}.
* _RevisionNumber_ must be of type {{int}}.
* _ScaleOrCrop_ and _LinksUpToDate_ must be of type {{Boolean}}.

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*This feature is available in OOXML files (DOCX/DOCM) only.*

Setting the value to null will clear any existing values.

This is the MS Word equivalent of File menu > Info > Show All Properties:

{web-only:To see what this looks like, go to our online documentation:}
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//--- Set "Author" Property
WordTemplate wt = new WordTemplate();
wt.Open(@"c:\templates\Template.doc");
wt.SetDocumentProperty(DocumentProperties.BuiltInProperty.Author, "Jennifer WordSmith");
wt.Process();
wt.Save(@"c:\reports\Report.doc");
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//--- Set "Author" Property
Dim wt As New WordTemplate()
wt.Open("c:\templates\Template.docx")
wt.SetDataSource(DocumentProperties.BuiltInProperty.Author, "Jennifer WordSmith")
wt.Process()
wt.Save("c:\reports\Report.docx")
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