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josi wrote:
This may seem a very strange question but is something I have been
thinking about for a while. This is the situation:

I work in an office as the only typist for several people. At the top
of letters is a reference made up of the initials, in upper case, of
the person who has dictated (or handwritten) the letter followed by
an oblique stroke and my initials (in lower case letters).

So far, so good. However, if I am absent for any reason, the people
type their own letters by using a previous document and Save As...,
or even type a letter from scratch. They always use the same
reference at the top of the letter (i.e. including my initials).

Apart from an element of pride (I confess!) as they aren't very
accurate typists, this can lead to confusion when at some future
date, they query something which I have supposedly typed.

What I would love to do is to find some way of unobtrusively
indicating in a document when I have actually typed it. I have
thought of entering somethng in the document properties but that
wouldn't work when they use Save As...
Any ideas, please?

Assuming it's an area others will type in but is always in the document:
I've done something similar with emails to validate that they came from me
and not an impersonator. I find a place that will always exist in them, and
place a reverse apostrophe in the text. It's nearly invisible at a glance,
and only people I communicate with are aware of itg.
Another possibility is to use a keypad code that only you know. e.g. you
could make one of the letters appear different and most people wouldn't be
aware of how to duplicate it. Use it to put your own initials in Greek or
some such different style works, too.

Then there's hidden text, too; useful when done correctly.

Kind of far out, but ... g

A fill-in field might work, where you have to type in your initiatls (or
theirs) whenever the file is closed? Dunno.

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