Adding a Document Title

Word keeps track of many pieces of information about your document. You can see the information maintained by Word simply by clicking the Office button and then clicking Word Options. In the resulting Word Options dialog box, click Prepare and then Properties.

If you search around through the information that Word maintains about a document, you'll find that Word provides the opportunity to specify a title for your document. Once you set the title, Word allows you to insert this information into your document and have it updated automatically. This means you can set the title once in the document properties, and then have it inserted in the header, footer, or heading for your document. That way, you only have to update it in one place and it will automatically be updated everywhere in the document.

To insert the document title into your document, follow these steps:

1. Display the Insert tab of the Ribbon.
2. In the Text group, click the Quick Parts option and then choose Field. Word displays the Field dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. In the Categories list, choose Document Information. Word updates the choices in the Field Names list (right side of the dialog box).
4. In the Field Names list choose Title.
5. Click on OK to close the dialog box and insert your field.