Microsoft Word: Document Title

Overview

A document title in Word is metadata that describes the purpose of the document. It allows assistive technology users to locate and identify the document more efficiently.

Considerations

• The document title is different from the file name or the visible title in the document (such as the Title style).
• Keep titles short, descriptive, and unique.
• Use relevant keywords.
• Use sentence case for readability.
• This is required by WCAG guidelines.
• The Accessibility Checker does not check document titles.

Steps

1. Open the Word document.
2. Go to the File tab and select Info.
3. In the Properties window, select Title field.
4. Enter a descriptive title in the Title field.
5. Go back to the Word document you are working on. The document title is automatically saved.