#CHANGE AUTHOR NAME IN WORD 2013 FREE#
#CHANGE AUTHOR NAME IN WORD 2013 WINDOWS#

On the “Summary” tab of the dialog box that displays, notice that the author you added displays in the “Author” edit box. Click the “Properties” button on the “Info” screen and select “ Advanced Properties” from the drop-down menu. You can also add authors by editing the “Author” property in the “Summary” information. The additional author displays in the “Related People” section.

#CHANGE AUTHOR NAME IN WORD 2013 FREE#

To finish adding the author, click on any free space on the “Info” screen outside of the author edit box. If the person’s name is available, you can choose it from the list. On the program window, select FILE from the menu bar. Here's how: Initialize the Microsoft Word 2013 program. If you wish to change the name of author in the documents you are creating, you will have to manually change it on the Info page. If you have any contacts in your address book, names matching what you are typing display in a popup menu. Author’s name is retained by the document as an informational attribute. To add another author, click “Add an author” under the user name.Įnter the name of the author you want to add in the edit box. In the “Related People” section of the “Info” screen, notice that the user name from the “Summary” information is listed as the author. Make sure the “Info” screen is the active backstage screen. To add an author to a document, click the “File” tab. NOTE: We used Word 2013 to illustrate this feature. However, you can change the user name, thus changing the main author, as well as add authors to or remove authors from a document. My OS and word processing needs are very, very simple but they are not being met by Microsoft.By default, the author of a document is set to the user name you entered when you installed Word. It was a very expensive week and I've had it. In the past week the amount of money that I've lost on buying, installing, fixing, learning, and adjusting these systems has surpassed what I paid the new laptop and software.

#CHANGE AUTHOR NAME IN WORD 2013 WINDOWS#

When you combine Word 2013 with Windows 8, you're sunk as business person. 2013 is a big step backwards in efficiency and functionality of Track Changes.

Track Changes forms the basis of my work as an editor. 2003 was fairly easy to learn intuitively. In Word 2013 I find myself making more keystrokes to get things done and spending more time hunting for things. In business applications we need to a) do things as fast and accurately as possible and b) make things as clear as possible for the client. 2003 was in my opinion a much better program. I've pretty much decided to dump Word 2013. Stefan, thanks very much for your detailed replies. I made one system change: I installed Classic Shell over Windows 8.1. None of those actions had any impact on the problem.Īdditions to appear in red in the text (This is working.)Ĭomments to appear in the right margin in a colored balloon. I also tried the document in both compatibility mode and Word 2013 mode. To distinguish the comments from other items in the margin, I tried to put the comments in red. Neither of those options would make the comments get into an actual balloon. Under Track Changes Options I tried two different things for Balloons in All Markup View Show: Comments and Formatting, and Revisions. That makes it difficult to distinguish them from the other things in the margin (deletions and formatting). They do appear in the right margin, but not in a balloon. I can't get the comments to appear in a balloon.

Change author name in word 2013