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title: "What is the use of XML mapping panel in MS word 2013?"  
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# What is the use of XML mapping panel in MS word 2013?

What is the use of [XML](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/178/xml-control-in-asp-dot-net) [mapping](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34816/what-is-mapping-constraints-in-database-management-system) [panel](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11988/restructuring-corporate-offenses-government-appointed-panel-suggests-in-house-adjudication-system) in MS word 2013?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- Represents the **XML mapping** between custom XML and a content control on a ContentControl object. An XML mapping connects the text in a content control to an XML element in the document's custom XML data store.
- Using an XPath string, use the SetMapping method to add or alter the XML mapping for a content control. The example below sets the document author's built-in document property, inserts a new content control into the active document, and then sets the control's XML mapping to the built-in document property.

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