WORD 2013

Stefan Blom · #1 05-26-2013, 10:01 AM

That is strange. :-( It's probably something Word 2013-specific, but I haven't been able to find a Knowledge Base article on the topic yet.

dalyght · #2 05-28-2013, 07:27 AM

Thanks folks.
I think I see the root of the problem. Having started the doc in one version of Word (2007) and continued in 2013, (though now 2010 as of this morning) I see there are two variations of my name, one with a space in front of it. How this came about and why I seem to be sometimes one and sometimes the other, all in the same version, is beyond me.

The burning question would now be, how can I reassign the changes of one persona over to the other, so I can do all my changes without switching users again and again, or perpetuating the problem.

Based on numerous searches, I think it can't be done.

Stefan Blom · #3 05-28-2013, 10:54 AM

That certainly explains the symptoms. Make sure the user name in File tab | Options | General is correct.

As far as existing documents are concerned, you should be able to change the author name for comments with a macro. I'm not sure how to do the same with tracked changes, though.

dalyght · #4 05-28-2013, 03:31 PM

Thanks Stefan. I'll research the macro route at some point.

Meanwhile, now that I've found the source (though not the cause) at least I can be wary of what's going on.

Stefan Blom · #5 05-29-2013, 11:40 AM

For comments, changing the author name and initials is straightforward:

Code:

Sub ChangeCommentAuthorAndInitials()
Dim c As Comment
For Each c In ActiveDocument.Comments
c.Author = "Bugs Bunny"
c.Initial = "BB"
Next c
End Sub

dalyght · #6 05-29-2013, 12:19 PM

Thanks Stefan. I appreciate your taking the time.
Cheers

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