Assign a category to a Word doc?

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Bruce Chapman

Can you assign a category to a Word document within Outlook or Word so you
can search documents by category?
 
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F. H. Muffman

Bruce Chapman said:
Can you assign a category to a Word document within Outlook or Word so you
can search documents by category?
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Probably? Might be better to ask in a Word newsgroup to see what you can do
in Word. I mean, I am assuming you're only throwing the Word docs in the
PST file so you can categorize them.

You might also need to specify what OS you're running when posting to Word,
since Vista offers a lot more searchability options in the OS. You'd also
want to post what sort of utility you're going to use to search. Built-in
Windows search? Windows Desktop Search? Google Desktop Search? I mean,
really, why is Outlook involved in this problem?
 
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Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]

If you store a Word file in Outlook (or any other type of file), Outlook
creates a DocumentItem and attaches the file. The DocumentItem can be
categorized like an e-mail. The attachment or file itself doesn't get a
category.

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Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Must have - Outlook Categories:
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>

Am Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:00:00 -0800 schrieb Bruce Chapman:
 
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Bruce Chapman

What I am trying to do is organize documents, emails, tasks, and contacts by
matter. Since 3 of the 4 are outlook function to which you can assign a
catagory, i.e. a matter description such as account number or file number, it
would be helpful if within outlook you could also access documents.

thanks for your feedback.
 
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