Document Properties
Document properties are strings of metadata containing information about a document. The Author, Title, and Created Date are examples of document properties. Use Lexical Expressions > Document Properties to configure specific matches of document properties to unique values.
For example, you might want to detect Microsoft Word documents with the following document property stored in the metadata:
Author (property) : Sales Director (value)
Standard Document Property names
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- MS Office as cp.creator (OPC) and Author(CDA)
- PDF as Author and creator
- LibreOffice as initial-creator and creator
- JPEG including XMP, EXIF and IPTC. For example, Artist and CameraOwnerName
Instead of configuring separate document properties for each internal format, in this example you can use the document property Author to match all.
Supported file formats You can apply document property matching to .docx, .xslx, .pptx, .pdf, .jpeg and LibreOffice file formats. |

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Custom Document Property names
You can add custom document properties. This might be useful if the metadata you want to detect is not included in the standard list of
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Document Property Modifiers You can use a modifier (!) in an Analyze Properties content rule to match either:
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String Matching in Values
The You must enter an exact value to guarantee a value match. You cannot use wildcards or regular expressions as values. Boolean Values If your document property requires a Yes/No Value, use true or false respectively. Dates Date formats cannot be precisely matched. It is recommended that date values are avoided when creating document property expressions. |