Prevent reviewer name from converting to "Author" after saving a Word document
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Mar 15, 202696498 viewsConfidence Score0%
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When I insert a comment or make a revision to some Microsoft Word documents the comment or revision correctly reflects my User Name as the reviewer. However, after I save the document, all of my comments and revisions are converted to "Author." This happens to some but not all Word documents. Gener…
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Fix for: Prevent reviewer name from converting to "Author" after saving a Word document
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Figured it out. Under Prepare → Word Options → Trust Center → Privacy Options in Word 2007 there is a Document-Specific Setting to "Remove personal information from file properties on save" Unchecking this option fixed the problem. This option is on…
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