Changing the name/signature on *past* comments?

Miss_Theorist · #1 05-07-2014, 09:37 AM

Hi all,

I've been doing some searching and I can't seem to find an answer to this question.

Yesterday, I made some edits to a document using the Track Changes feature. This was done on someone else's computer. Today, I am continuing to edit the document from my own computer. Yesterday's edits/comments, however, are showing up under the name of the person whose computer (and MS Office) I used (the edits I'm making now, of course, are showing up with my own name). My question is: Is there any way to go back and put my own name on those previous edits?

I'm using Office 365 if that makes any difference...

Stefan Blom · #2 05-07-2014, 02:41 PM

The author name for a comment is determined by the User Name and Initials settings in the Options dialog box. (At least this was true for Word versions up to and including 2010; Word 2013 is a bit different.)

You can change the user name and initials for existing comments in the active document by using a macro:

Code:

Sub ChangeCommentAuthorName()
Dim c As Comment
For Each c In ActiveDocument.Comments
c.Initial = "MT" 'specify the initials you want
c.Author = "Miss Theorist" 'specify the name you want
Next c
End Sub

This still works in Word 2013, but Author and Initial are hidden properties in the Word 2013 object model, meaning that they will be deleted in the future.

For assistance with installing the macro, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

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