# [Custom] tab [Document Properties] dialog box

Use this tab to display and set the user defined file properties. Enter the property name, type and value as a set of a file property. But you cannot give multiple properties of the same name to one file.

### [Name]

Enter or select a property name representing a file property. You can enter up to 255 characters for a name. Up to 10 property names entered once will be listed starting from the newest.

### [Type]

Specify the type of the property. Click an arrow button at the right end of the box, and select the type of the property from the list shown. If a type that does not exist in DocuWorks is set in the file, the type appears [Others].

### [Value]

Enter a value according to [Type].

- If the type is [Text] or [Number],
  for text, up to 1,024 characters can be entered;
  for number, the range -2147483648 to 2147483647 can be entered.
- If the type is [Date],
  the calendar appears. Click a calendar icon. The date from 1970/01/01 to 2036/02/06 can be specified.
- If the type is [Yes or No],
  select either [Yes] or [No].

Note
How to use [Yes or No] is as follows. For instance, if you want to specify whether a document has an expiration validity date or not, enter [Expiration date] in [Name] and set [Yes] or [No] in [Value]. By doing this, you can search the documents with an expiration validity date.

### [Properties]

User defined file properties are displayed in list format.

### [Add]

When you enter a property and click this button, file properties are displayed in [List].

### [Modify]

Use this button to modify the type of properties and the values already specified. Click this button after selecting one property from [Properties] and modifying the type or value.

### [Delete]

When you select one property from [List] and click this button, the property is deleted.

### [Save in Unicode format]

- Specifies whether to save text in registered user-defined properties as Unicode or multi-byte code.
- Displays whether user-defined properties are Unicode, multi-byte code, or a combination of both.
- When saved with this check box selected: Any user-defined properties are saved as Unicode characters.
  When saved with this check box cleared: Any user-defined properties are saved in multi-byte codes. If those names contain Unicode characters that cannot be represented in multi-byte codes, a confirmation message appears telling you that some characters are getting garbled. When you click [OK], those characters are replaced with question mark "?".

### About the character codes of user-defined properties

Refer to the description of the [Summary] tab.