My question and objective are very similar to the question at this link, but unfortunately the answer didn't provide enough information for me to implement the proposed solution: How to use Document Properties from Sharepoint in MS Word Field Codes? - SharePoint Stack Exchange



In SharePoint, I have a custom document Content Type that has custom columns / properties, which are passed to the new Word document from it.

Based on those properties, I want the template to 'autofill' text (auto-insert an auto-text). So an example of the logic would be:

If sharePointPropertyGender=female, insert paragraph1

I thought I could use the IF statement in MS Word's QuickParts and use DocProperty fields like so:

{ IF { DOCPROPERTY Gender } = "Female" {AUTOTEXT customText} "OTHER TEXT" }

I tested and this seems to work fine with normal DocProperties in MS Word.

Unfortunately, as is well documented (SharePoint Online/2016 - Document Properties vs DocProperty), SharePoint custom properties aren't related to DocProperties. So the "Gender" property from SharePoint isn't accessible as a DocProperty:





Does anyone have any ideas how to make this work?

I have also used VBA before, and I am open to using it if necessary. However, I had wanted to avoid it so end-users run into trouble with macro-disabled files (employees in my organization don't always remember to enable macros and then tell me the templates don't work!).

Thank you in advance! (and apologies for the oversized screenshots)