It is possible in SQL 2005 - however you can't query for a specific
properties' value. IE I could not query to see if the DocAuthor property was
SteveW, but rather I could query to see if SteveW occurred in the content or
any of the document properties.
AS you are familiar with indexing Services the analog is the ALL property.

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> If I use the Indexing Services built into the OS, I can query the office
> doc properties (title, author etc).
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> Steve