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<title id="tit">Viewing File Properties</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3152594"><bookmark_value>properties;files</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>files;properties</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>viewing;file properties</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147399">File properties, such as author name, subject, and keywords, help you manage and identify your documents. $[officename] also tracks file statistics, including the number of words and the number of pages in a document, and automatically adds the statistics as part of the file property.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147834">You can view file properties for the current document<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN"> or for a document in the Windows File Open dialog
</caseinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id3159233">To view file properties for the current document:</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153311">Choose <emph>File - Properties</emph>.</paragraph>
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<h3 id="hd_id3150443">To view file properties for a document listed in the Windows File Open dialog</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3166460">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154306">Select a file in the list.</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145121">Right-click and choose<emph> Properties</emph>.</paragraph>
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</list>
</case>
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