- How To Change Author Name In Track Changes In Word 2010
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- How To Change Author Of Tracked Changes In Word
Microsoft Word 2011 lets you turn on the Track Changes feature and distribute your files to friends and colleagues. You can then see their comments and corrections. Now consider the case of an editor of a scientific journal. The workflow goes something like this: Receive article from fresh-faced graduate student. Pick three reviewers. In document properties, the properties Author, Manager, and Company on the Summary tab, and Last saved by on the Statistics tab. All names associated with comments or tracked changes are changed to 'Author.' If you add or edit your name in a specific comment or elsewhere in your file, that information is not removed by this procedure. Click the Ribbon’s Review tab, find the Tracking group. Click the Track Changes button to toggle tracking on or off. Here’s a second way to activate track changes in Word 2011 for Mac: Choose Tools→Track Changes→Highlight Changes. Today's post about track changes in Word is contributed by Louis Broome, a manager and writer for Office.com.To turn Track Changes off, on the Review tab, in the Tracking group, click the Track Changes button (the paper; pencil with the healthy orange glow, pictured below). Here's the relevant piece of Word real estate.
Word: Delete, add, or change author name
April 6, 2019When you create a document in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel, the user name you entered on File > Options > General tab is automatically added as the author name. In most cases, you want this. But what if you don’t? What if the author name is the name of the person who created the template you’re using? Or is the original creator of the document you’re modifying who left the organisation long ago? What if you want to remove that name altogether and add your own name (or some other name) as the author?
(NOTE: Be careful when changing the author name that you don’t break any copyright laws—these laws vary from country to country, but essentially, the author of a document is likely the copyright owner of that document, except perhaps in cases of ‘work for hire’ where the organisation owns the copyright. If in doubt, speak to a lawyer or the organisation’s Legal Department.)
This information applies from Word for Windows 2010 and later.
How to delete an author name in an Office document (Word, PowerPoint, or Excel)
How To Change Author Name In Track Changes In Word 2010
- Open the document.
NOTE: If you want to change the author name in a template, right-click on the template, and select Open to open the template. Do not double-click the template to open it as it will only open a document based on the template, not the template itself. - Go to File > Info.
- Right click on the author’s name.
- Select Remove Person.
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How to add an author name in an Office document (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Open the document.
- Go to File > Info.
- Click Add an author.
- Type in the new name, or click the book icon to select it from your Contacts list.
How to change your name for future Office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
How To Change Author Of Tracked Changes In Word
- Open a document.
- Go to the File > Options > General tab.
- Change your name in the User name field.
- Optional: Change your initials too.
- Click OK.
- Close the document.
- Check that the new name is applied to a new document—create a new blank document (not based on a template), then check the User name property under File > Options > General tab, and that it’s used as the author name when you go to File > Info.