[Becky]

How do I permanently change the 'author' name in Word documents for Microsoft
Office Word 2003?

Further explanation. When clicking on 'File', 'Open', and the list of word
documents comes up, if you put the cursor over one of the document names, the
following information appears:

Type: Microsoft Word Document
Author: John Doe
Title: Resume
Date Modified: September 25, 2006 11:50 a.m.
Size: 36.5 KB

It is the 'John Doe' portion that I would like to permanently change.

Thank you!!

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

For new documents that you create from this point forward, in
Word click on Tools | Options | User Information, and change the
user name.

For existing documents, you will need to manually change each
individual document by opening the document, clicking on File |
Properties, changing the author name, and saving the document.


Becky wrote:

How do I permanently change the 'author' name in Word documents for Microsoft
Office Word 2003?

Further explanation. When clicking on 'File', 'Open', and the list of word
documents comes up, if you put the cursor over one of the document names, the
following information appears:

Type: Microsoft Word Document
Author: John Doe
Title: Resume
Date Modified: September 25, 2006 11:50 a.m.
Size: 36.5 KB

It is the 'John Doe' portion that I would like to permanently change.

Thank you!!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Change the Name on the User Information tab of Tools | Options. This will
affect only newly created documents, however.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Becky" wrote in message
...
How do I permanently change the 'author' name in Word documents for
Microsoft
Office Word 2003?

Further explanation. When clicking on 'File', 'Open', and the list of word
documents comes up, if you put the cursor over one of the document names,
the
following information appears:

Type: Microsoft Word Document
Author: John Doe
Title: Resume
Date Modified: September 25, 2006 11:50 a.m.
Size: 36.5 KB

It is the 'John Doe' portion that I would like to permanently change.

Thank you!!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You may be able to use a macro to change the property on existing documents;
see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/DSOFile.htm and
http://www.gmayor.com/batch_replace.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote in
message ...
For new documents that you create from this point forward, in
Word click on Tools | Options | User Information, and change the
user name.

For existing documents, you will need to manually change each
individual document by opening the document, clicking on File |
Properties, changing the author name, and saving the document.


Becky wrote:

How do I permanently change the 'author' name in Word documents for
Microsoft
Office Word 2003?

Further explanation. When clicking on 'File', 'Open', and the list of
word
documents comes up, if you put the cursor over one of the document
names, the
following information appears:

Type: Microsoft Word Document
Author: John Doe
Title: Resume
Date Modified: September 25, 2006 11:50 a.m.
Size: 36.5 KB

It is the 'John Doe' portion that I would like to permanently change.

Thank you!!