Is there a way to use built-in file properties or a field of some sort to
keep a history of who edited a Word document? Thanks for the help.

Kamran wrote:
Is there a way to use built-in file properties or a field of some
sort to keep a history of who edited a Word document? Thanks for the
help.

On the Statistics tab of File Properties, the "Last Saved By" field should
tell you that.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

That's too easy -- I'm looking to keep a *history* of who worked on the file.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Kamran wrote:
Is there a way to use built-in file properties or a field of some
sort to keep a history of who edited a Word document? Thanks for the
help.

On the Statistics tab of File Properties, the "Last Saved By" field should
tell you that.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

In that case your subject line is misleading. There's nothing built in to
maintain a list. You could provide that functionality by writing macros
named FileSave and FileSaveAs to intercept those commands, and to add the
current user's name to a list maintained in a custom document property or a
document variable just before doing the actual save.

Before you go to that much trouble, though, ask yourself the purpose of
this. Is it sufficient to know the list of names, or do you also want the
date/time and perhaps to be able to identify what changes were made in that
session? If so, you really want a document control system, not a home-grown
macro solution. There are many such programs, including at least one free
one. Check Google for "document control" and "version control".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Kamran wrote:
That's too easy -- I'm looking to keep a *history* of who worked on
the file.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Kamran wrote:
Is there a way to use built-in file properties or a field of some
sort to keep a history of who edited a Word document? Thanks for
the help.

On the Statistics tab of File Properties, the "Last Saved By"
field should tell you that.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Okay, point taken. Thanks for the advice.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

In that case your subject line is misleading. There's nothing built in to
maintain a list. You could provide that functionality by writing macros
named FileSave and FileSaveAs to intercept those commands, and to add the
current user's name to a list maintained in a custom document property or a
document variable just before doing the actual save.

Before you go to that much trouble, though, ask yourself the purpose of
this. Is it sufficient to know the list of names, or do you also want the
date/time and perhaps to be able to identify what changes were made in that
session? If so, you really want a document control system, not a home-grown
macro solution. There are many such programs, including at least one free
one. Check Google for "document control" and "version control".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Kamran wrote:
That's too easy -- I'm looking to keep a *history* of who worked on
the file.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Kamran wrote:
Is there a way to use built-in file properties or a field of some
sort to keep a history of who edited a Word document? Thanks for
the help.

On the Statistics tab of File Properties, the "Last Saved By"
field should tell you that.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org