Microsoft Word is shipped with a functionality called Quick Parts. This functionality can be used to take data from the Word document and push it (promote it) as information in SharePoint document library columns, SharePoint Columns. Metadata information is then used to filter and sort data and also to create various views of it. This functionality works in Word 2010 / SharePoint 2010 and beyond.

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