Do you know how to get the SharePoint document version in Word?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 5 months ago. See history

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We are always disappointed when adding version information to a Word document. When you use the Word version you get a number that indicates the number of times the document has been saved and not a proper version number.

It is possible to get the number into Word for the version of the document on the SharePoint document library.

Note: This also works in SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010.

✅ Figure: Good example, you see the formatted SharePoint version number

❌ Figure: ![Bad Example](/uploads/rules/do-you-know-how-to-get-the-sharepoint-document-version-in-word/BadVersioning.png)

✅ Figure: ![Good Example](/uploads/rules/do-you-know-how-to-get-the-sharepoint-document-version-in-word/GoodVersioning.png)

Do you know how to get the SharePoint document version in Word?

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