Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 06-06-2012, 10:06 PM
Bones Bones is offline How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Windows 7 32bit How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Office 2007
Novice
How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed?
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2
Bones is on a distinguished road
Default How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed?

I am experiencing an issue with one of my co-workers in that he is taking my work product and basically claiming it as his own when he presents it in meetings.

How can I prevent changes to the author or owner fields in the properties window/dialog so that in the future I can retain the ability to claim the work I do as my own?

Any help would be appreciated.

TX!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 06-07-2012, 06:59 PM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Windows 7 64bit How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

Word can't do this for you. Anything you can add to a document to indicate ownership, someone else can edit. Of course, you could password-protect the file, so that no-one else can open it, but that might be counter-productive. Ultimately, this is an integrity and management issue. If you feel you're not being given due credit for your work and that someone else is claiming as their own, lodge a complaint with whoever has the responsibility for the work area concerned.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 06-07-2012, 11:47 PM
Bones Bones is offline How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Windows 7 32bit How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Office 2007
Novice
How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed?
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2
Bones is on a distinguished road
Default Thanks

Thank you for the reply. Was hoping to take some proof with me.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 06-08-2012, 12:15 AM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Windows 7 64bit How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

In a corporate environment, the daily backups should be able to show who created the document and at what point the 'ownership' changed. In Windows Explorer, right-clicking on a file and choosing Properties>Details will show you whose user account was used to create the file (unless the person you're having problems with changed the file's properties), but that tells you nothing about who did all the work.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? How to "Fast Forward" or "Jump into" a slide while testing George Daly PowerPoint 1 10-14-2011 06:49 AM
How to edit the "Format" and the "show level" of an EXISTING table of content? Jamal NUMAN Word 2 08-14-2011 10:46 AM
How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? "Table of content" based on "Normal Style" behavior!!!! Jamal NUMAN Word 4 07-08-2011 04:12 AM
How do I prevent the "author" or "owner" fields from being changed? How to choose a "List" for certain "Heading" from "Modify" tool? Jamal NUMAN Word 2 07-03-2011 03:11 AM
"Microsoft Excel Application" missing in the "Component Services" on win08 sword.fish Excel 0 02-26-2010 02:09 PM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:39 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft