<p>What is a <code>DOCVARIABLE</code> in Microsoft Word 2003? How do I set it? How do I make it display in my Word document?</p>

You can use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Variables collection to set and retrieve the contents of a string variable in a Word document or template.
Also, you can use the DocVariable field to retrieve the value of a document variable after it has been set to display within a Word document.
Source:
How to store and retrieve variables in Word documents
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Sub GetSetDocVars()

Dim fName As String
fName = "Jeff Smith"
' Set contents of variable "fName" in a document using a document
' variable called "FullName".
ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="FullName", Value:=fName
' Retrieve the contents of the document variable.
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Variables("FullName").Value

End Sub
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