This short article gives a quick glance at how to edit Word Metadata using C#. It shares a detailed description of setting the development environment, a list of steps to be performed, and a running sample code to change Word metadata using C#. You will learn to access the custom and built-in properties and edit them as per the application requirements.

Steps to Edit Word Document Metadata using C#

1. Add the Aspose.Words for .NET library to the project for editing metadata
2. Load the Word file into the Document object and access the custom properties in it
3. Update the desired metadata by using the Value property
4. Access the built-in document properties
5. Update the desired properties using the respective property names
6. Save the resultant Word file

These steps summarize the process to develop a Word metadata changer using C#. The process is commenced by loading the target Word file followed by accessing the custom properties collection for editing. Similarly, you may access the built-in properties and modify them by providing the desired property name and setting new data using the value property.

Code to Edit Document Properties in Word using C#

This code demonstrates the process to edit Word metadata using C#. The CustomDocumentProperties collection in the Document class is used for setting the custom properties and the BuiltInDocumentProperties collection is used for setting the built-in properties. You may set different properties like Author, Category, Comments, Company, and CreatedTime to name a few.

This article has taught us to develop a DOCX metadata editor using C#. If you want to learn the process to create a new Word file, refer to the article on how to create Word document in C#.