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Old 08-08-2014, 01:49 PM
Cosmo Cosmo is offline Document Variables vs CustomDocumentProperties Windows Vista Document Variables vs CustomDocumentProperties Office 2007
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My current project involves entering a large number of pieces of data into a series of userforms, which populate fields and select certain content. I would like to hedge myself against the client asking at a later date for the ability to update a completed document (or to pull data from an older version into a newer version). To do this, I would like to store all of the user-entered values in the document.



Are there any down sides to using Document Variables vs CustomDocumentProperties? I have used Custom Properties in PowerPoint in the past, but have not used either in Word yet. I know that the custom properties are viewable by the user, so I would prefer to use variables, but are there any issues that I need to know about?
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Old 08-09-2014, 02:52 AM
fumei fumei is offline Document Variables vs CustomDocumentProperties Windows 7 64bit Document Variables vs CustomDocumentProperties Office XP
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No not really. Except for the point you mentioned. Custom Properties are viewable, doc variables are not. At least not through the GUI.
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Old 08-11-2014, 01:35 PM
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Thanks. Doc variables it is.
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