Word: Delete, add, or change author name
Word doesn’t have a straightforward way to change user names connected to existing edits or comments. However, you can replace user names with the default label Author for all existing and future edits and comments, as shown in “How to Remove User Names from Existing Track Changes in Microsoft Word.” 1. Select the Review tab in the ribbon. Jun 05, 2015 By default, the author of a document is set to the user name you entered when you installed Word. However, you can change the user name, thus changing the main author, as well as add authors to or remove authors from a document. NOTE: We used Word 2013 to illustrate this feature. To add an author to a document, click the “File” tab. When I first wrote this answer (in 2015), the most recent version of Word for Mac computers was Microsoft Word for Mac 2011. In that version you can access these fields via File -> Properties. On the Summary tab: Quora prompted me to check and s. Quickly change the author name of all existing comments in active or all sheets with Kutools for Excel. Besides the above two methods, here I recommend you the Remove/Add User Name in Comment utility of Kutools for Excel.With this utility, you can easily change the author name of all existing comments to the new one you need not only in active sheet, but also in the whole workbook. Aug 05, 2017 A user called in, reporting that Word’s Track changes-function tagged her as “Author”, instead of her name. I opened a remote session, and started out by confirming that everything else was working correctly, and that her name had been set as the author in the settings for Microsoft Word.
April 6, 2019
When 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)
- 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.
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)
Change Comment Author In Word Mac
- 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.