word field add

Word: Field - add

Insert document fields (page numbers, dates, etc.).

Type: field, also pagenum/pagenumber/numpages/date

Parent: /body/p[N] or /body

Properties

Property	Default	Description
instruction	(required for field)	Field code (e.g. " PAGE ", " NUMPAGES ", " DATE \\@ \"yyyy-MM-dd\" ")
text	"1"	Placeholder display text
font	-	Font family
size	-	Font size (pt)
bold	-	Bold
color	-	Font color (hex)
alignment	-	Paragraph alignment (when parent is /body)

Examples

# Insert page number field
officecli add report.docx /body/p[1] --type pagenum

# Insert page number with formatting
officecli add report.docx /body/p[1] --type pagenumber --prop font=Arial --prop size=10

# Insert total pages field
officecli add report.docx /body/p[1] --type numpages

# Insert date field
officecli add report.docx /body/p[1] --type date

# Insert date field with custom format
officecli add report.docx /body/p[1] --type field --prop instruction=" DATE \\@ \"yyyy-MM-dd\" " --prop text="2026-01-01"

# Insert field at body level (creates paragraph)
officecli add report.docx /body --type pagenum --prop alignment=center

# Custom field instruction
officecli add report.docx /body/p[1] --type field --prop instruction=" PAGE " --prop text="1" --prop bold=true --prop size=12

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Based on OfficeCLI v1.0.18