Setting workbook properties

- When you create in Excel workbook…the program records your name,…the date and time you created the file,…and when it was last modified.…These bits of information are called properties.…If you use Excel at work you will probably run…into situations where you're on vacation,…and one of your colleagues needs to…find a file that contains data for a project.…When you store your files on a server…you can assign values to properties…that make it easier for you and your colleagues…to find files related to the project.…I will show you how to add property values to your files.…

Properties are part of a file's metadata…that is data about data,…or in this case data about a file,…and rather than setting properties in the worksheet…you need to go to the File menu,…and then at the bottom click Properties.…Doing so displays the Properties dialog box,…and you can see there are a number of tabs.…Currently we're on the General tab,…and you can see information about the size of the file,…when it was created, when it was last modified, and so on.…