WD2000: How to Change the Company Property Information

The "More Information" section of this article discusses various methods you can use to change the Company property in Microsoft Word.

To change the Company property for a single document:

1. On the File menu, click Properties.
2. Click the Summary tab.
3. In the Company box, select the information, and delete it.
4. Enter new information into the box, or leave it blank.
5. Click OK.
6. Save the document.

NOTE: The property will be changed for that document only.

To change the Company property for any template (not including the Normal template), follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. Set the Files of type box to Document Templates, and change the Look in box to the location of your template. Select the template you want to change, and then click OK.
3. On the File menu, click Properties.
4. Click the Summary tab.
5. Select the information in the Company Property field and delete it.
6. Type new information into the field, or leave the field blank.
7. Click OK.
8. Save the document.

NOTE: Changing the Company property field in the Normal template and saving the change will not be reflected in new documents based on Normal.

For additional information about how to permanently change the company property in all user-defined templates and the Normal template, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: