

On or off but that just either shows the little generic icon or removes it. So….whether or not it’s related to that, any thoughts on restoring the photo? And yes, under “Track Change Options” “Pictures by Comments” is checked.
#Change author name in word update#
Say if that’s when the photo disappeared but it was probably at least close to that. Select the name of the post’s new author, and then click on the Update button to make it official: Update author in Classic Editor Regardless of which editor you use, you can also change a post’s author using the Quick Edit function in the Posts list. I later changed it back to my name and initials. May or may not be related to a time when one of the docs for whom I was doing editing asked me to substitute his name for the comments so it would appear that all the comments were from him. This allows the site to have a consistent/clean authorship and protects individual users from leaving their user-name as author. Dim objComment As Comment Change all author names in comments For Each objComment In ActiveDocument.Comments objComment.Author 'Editor' objComment. Because I’m a medical editor who is constantly working on files withĬomments from many different people the photo is actually useful because at a glance I can whiz through a 40-page document, just slowing down when I see the photo in order to see if people have responded to my comments. ‘Overwrite Author Name’ is a plugin to ensure when publishing a post the author name will be replaced. Now the account picture has disappeared and all you see is the icon of a generic person, along with my name. Johnson, and if you cite works published under both names in your paper, then cite the works in the text as Alicia K. Johnson now publishes under the name Adam K.
#Change author name in word plus#
I have Word 2013 and from the time I first started using it when I click on the Review tab and insert a new comment it wouldĪppear showing my name and my Microsoft “account picture” plus the typed comment. Example first name change for a transgender author (same initials): If Alicia K.

Here you can see the company name is changed to the new name as you entered in the registry editor. You seem to have solved a lot of other problems in this category so I am hoping you can solve mine, as well. Open Word, Excel or PowerPoint and go to File > Info > Properties > Show All Properties.
