## Mapping File Properties to Document Attributes

The SSA PDM MS Office Integration allows you to choose SSA PDM information regarding the MS Office file you are currently working on and to include it in your file. This is done by mapping SSA PDM Document attributes to the MS Office file properties.

NOTE:

Mapping is only available with Word and Excel.

File properties are details about a file that help identify it - for example, a descriptive title, the author name, the subject, and keywords that identify topics or other important information in the file. Once completed, you can view the mapped information via the file properties or choose to display it in the Header or Footer of the document.

Each file property can display one of the SSA PDM attributes, such as document name, which can be represented by the title file property. You can use properties that already exist in the system or create new ones.

The mapping is in one direction only, from SSA PDM to MS Office. If you change the mapped data in the file's header/footer or in the file properties, SSA PDM is not affected. The original data will be restored the next time you perform Save to SSA PDM. See Saving an MS Office File to SSA PDM.

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