In the Privacy Options tab, uncheck “Remove personal information from file properties on save.”Ĥ. On the Trust Center tab, click Trust Center Settingsģ. Click File, Options and then select Trust CenterĢ. When I initially make the changes, my changes show up in red as Ive set the option, but as soon as I save the document, my changes go from red to blue. I want to be able to distinguish my changes from others changes. But, what if the document needs another round of editing? Or, what if you want to make some edits and send it back to the source company with those edits intact? Here's how you ask Word to remember author properties on saveġ. In Word 2010, I set my Track Changes options to show my changes in Red (setting the By Author option). As you may notice, there is the author or user name in every comment made in a document to display who the reviser is. Now and then, we’d like to insert comments to Word documents as to make revisions.
Overall, this can be a good thing because it continues to protect you and your company. In this article, we will show you 4 ways to delete or change the author names for comments in your Word document.
As soon as you save, however, Word will strip out the author context. In addition to stripping the document of any current information, it sneaks into Trust Center and programmatically enables a feature entitled “Remove personal information from file properties on save.” You’ll note that as you’re typing, your edits look like they are being attributed to you. When you ask Word to remove all document properties and personal info, it takes its job seriously. When she is ready to finalize the document, but with Track Changes still on, Denise wonders if she can go back and change the user name on one or more comments. Select either of blue, silver or black option and click OK to see interface with different color. In the Word Options dialog box under General tab use drop down box next to Color Scheme option. Goto File option at top left and then click Options button. Note that your name is attributed to new changes until you save the document again. Denise notes that when she uses Track Changes and inserts a comment, the user's name shows in the comment. Open and launch Microsoft Word 2010 program on your computer. The catch is Word will now continue to forget all author information. Word has now forgotten all Author information.