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Document Column Metadata Not Saving
Hello, I've got a library of documents in a SharePoint Communications site. I added a column called "Project Type" and saved a number of project type options for that column (multi-select). Howev...
I have run into this problem while working with Word documents. I seemed to have stumbled on a fix. I noticed in my source Word document there was some custom XML data in the metadata. After removing the custom XML, the issue is gone. I was not the author of the document so I have no idea where the custom XML came from, nor at this point, do I care. Problem fixed!
Here's the remedy I used...
Open the document in Word, click on File/Info/Check for Issues (Inspect Document)/Inspect Document/Inspect (button)/Remove All (Custom XML Data).
Here's the remedy I used...
Open the document in Word, click on File/Info/Check for Issues (Inspect Document)/Inspect Document/Inspect (button)/Remove All (Custom XML Data).
This worked for me, too. Thank you for sharing!