How to change the internal properties of a Word Document from MATLAB R2012b?

I am using ACTXSERVER to initialize a COM component and have created a Microsoft Word document. I know how to change the TEXT or FONT of the document but I would like to know if there is a way to change the internal Properties of a Word Document like the AUTHOR or the TITLE.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Please refer to the code below regarding the issue. The code has been written with respect to the property called ‘Author’. You can make the changes according to other properties.

Please refer to the following link for more information,

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/3194-how-to-read-external-file-data-from-a-xls-file-into-matlab

The above link provides example using Excel but you can use the syntax for Word as well.

Also, MATLAB only provides an interface for users between MATLAB and Microsoft Word. Due to limited resources at our hand we would not be able to provide the perfect solution to this issue. Please direct your questions towards Microsoft Technical Support for an expert advice on this issue.

% Connect to Word
hdlActiveX = actxserver('Word.Application');
hdlActiveX.Visible = true;

% Create a new document
hdlWordDoc = invoke(hdlActiveX.Documents, 'Add');

% make the document visible
trace(hdlActiveX.Visible);

% Intialize a handle for the built-in property 'Author'
hdl = get(hdlWordDoc.builtInDocumentProperties, 'Item', 'Author')

% Get Author
get(hdl,'Value')

% Set Author
set(hdl,'Value','newAuthor')

% Save the WORD document
hdlWordDoc.SaveAs2('trial.doc')

% Close objects
hdlWordDoc.Close();
hdlActiveX.Quit();

[Pruthvi G]

Awesome