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Word 2007 When Saving Word Document Reviewer name is changing to "Author" or "A1" etc

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Recently I worked with few support issues where users had documents with Track Changes enabled. When user make the changes in the document, it shows "username" who made the change. But as soon as they hit SAVE button to save the document, username is replace by either "Author" or "A1" etc.

Well the root cause of this issue is option "Remove Personal Information from File Properties on Save" is enabled.

To have your document save the username, uncheck this option. You can find this option under

Office Button|Word Options|Trust Center|Trust Center Settings|Privacy Option|Document Specific Settings

If you have mutiple documents where you want to uncheck this option, you can use following macro sample.

Note:- This Macro is an example to handle specific scenario. You probably need to modify this macro to meet your needs.  

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS EXAMPLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

Sub RemoveInfo()
If ActiveDocument.RemovePersonalInformation = True Then
ActiveDocument.RemovePersonalInformation = False
ActiveDocument.Save
End If

End Sub

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    How do I resolve this issue in Word 2010 when the option is grayed out?

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    great tip, I wasn't getting anywhere with Microsoft Word HELP.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    July 05, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    October 21, 2011
    Thank you!! Spent 2 hours trying to figure this out

  • Anonymous
    January 19, 2012
    Thank you!!!!  I've been frustrated by this for so long--I shudder to consider how many hours this stupid issue has caused me to waste troubleshooting, fruitlessly searching through Word's help, Microsoft's help, and the rest of the internet.

  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2012
    I agree with Ramone, burying this feature 6 steps deep in the settings is ridiculous.  This should be the default setting.

  • Anonymous
    July 15, 2012
    Thank you SO much!!! Had me puzzled for quite some time...

  • Anonymous
    October 24, 2012
    Thanks a ton. Really helpful.

  • Anonymous
    March 14, 2013
    time saving simple solution.......... great help....

  • Anonymous
    May 09, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2013
    Thanks!!

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2013
    Thank you !!! Spent half a day to figure this out. How come this option is on in the first place...?

  • Anonymous
    August 20, 2013
    Had this problem in Version 2013, too. Your fix saved me tons of time; thanks!

  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2014
    Thank You!!!! You saved me.

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2014
    Splendid tip. Very hard to find this answer, and not at all intuitive. Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2014
    You just saved my sanity.

  • Anonymous
    August 01, 2014
    Thanks for saved time :)

  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2014
    Thank you soooooo much! Word is so NOT user friendly.

  • Anonymous
    September 30, 2014
    Still a useful tip, thanks for making it so clear.

  • Anonymous
    October 19, 2014
    Thanks so much ...this option id deep hidden!

  • Anonymous
    October 21, 2014
    Thank you! This resolved a very time consuming problem for me!

  • Anonymous
    November 20, 2014
    Thank you so much!! You saved my time!! :)

  • Anonymous
    March 02, 2015
    How do i resolve if the option is grayed out? Also how can I run the script provided?

  • Anonymous
    March 03, 2015
    Sadly, " "Remove Personal Information from File Properties on Save" is greyed out (ie unchangeable) for me.

  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2015
    Is there an option to this in 2013 when the setting is grayed out and unchecked. It seems I still have the problem.

  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2015
    Thanks so much - this was impossible to figure out on my own!

  • Anonymous
    August 26, 2015
    Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2015
    Thanks for taking time posting this information! Five years later this info is still helpful.

  • Anonymous
    December 27, 2015
    THANK YOU VERY MUCH!