The first time you install and use an Office program, you are asked for your user name and initials in a dialog box that looks similar to this: Your name and initials will be associated with any Office document that you create and will appear in places like comments, revisions, and general document properties. You can enter anything you like, but it’s a good idea to consider who you might be sharing documents with, or reviewing documents for, when choosing a user name.
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. Here's how: Initialize the Microsoft Word 2013 program.
Most people simply use their first and last name. If you are seeing the User Name dialog box every time you open an Office program, see. Change your user name and initials If you are creating Office documents that will be shared with others, appropriate attribution and correct author information can be important.
You can change your user name and initials at any time. Warning: This procedure contains steps that tell you how to modify your computer's registry. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Make sure to follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.
To learn how to back up and restore the registry, see. From the Windows Start screen in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista, type regedit.exe in the Search box, and then press Enter.
Tracking Changes Not every Word document is the product of a single person. Occasionally (or perhaps frequently) you may collaborate with others. For instance, you might be creating a group report for school, working on a departmental budget with members of your staff, or writing a magazine or journal article that needs to incorporate an editor's comments. Word has features that enable the author to review the comments and changes of others, as well as to accept or reject each one. To track changes to a document.
Choose View Toolbars Reviewing. The Reviewing toolbar appears. When track changes is enabled (the darkened icon), the Reviewing toolbar is extremely useful. Click the Track Changes toolbar icon on the Reviewing toolbar. When Track Changes is enabled, the toolbar icon is darkened. Any changes you make to the document will automatically be recorded and tracked.
Choose one of these display options from the Display for Review drop-down menu:. Original. Display the original, unedited document (as it would look if all changes were rejected). Original Showing Markup. Display insertions and formatting changes in balloons. Deleted text remains visible.
Display the document as if all changes have been accepted. Final Showing Markup. Display deletions in balloons. Insertions and formatting changes remain visible in the document text.
You'll do most of your work with Final Showing Markup chosen. You can accept or reject changes, as well as make other necessary edits. To insert a comment, select the text on which you want to comment (or position the insertion point).
Choose Insert Comment or click the New Comment toolbar icon. A new comment line is added to the Reviewing Pane at the bottom of the document window. Enter your comment. To delete a comment or reject an edit, do one of the following:.
Select the edit or comment in the Reviewing Pane. Click the Reject Change/Delete Comment toolbar icon. Click the Reject button (the X) in the associated balloon.
You can accept or reject an edit, as well as delete a comment, by clicking an icon in the related balloon.click the comment/edit in the body of the document and choose Reject Change or Delete Comment from the pop-up menu that appears. To accept an edit, do one of the following:.
Select the edit in the Reviewing Pane. Click the Accept Change toolbar icon. Click the Accept button (the checkmark) in the associated balloon.click the edit in the body of the document and choose Accept Change from the pop-up menu that appears.