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Track Changes uses wrong ID

I have a related problem; I'm not sure if your solution here applies. 

I've just started using Word in Office365. I do a lot of editing using Track Changes. I'm finding that comments I make are identified by my Microsoft Office 365 email address -- not my name. In older versions of Word, this could be adjusted in Word Options, but I see no place to do that. I've gone in to File:Options:General and personalized by copy by putting in my name/initials, but that doesn't change how I'm identified when I comment on a document.

How can I edit this so that it reflects my name and not my email address? 

[Split from http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-word/removing-author-creditionals-in-comments-and-track/bc746697-75d6-4273-af2f-c11b9242d0ea]

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In addition to changing your user name and initials, you need to check the box just below that in the Options dialog, "Always use these values regardless of sign in to Office". Otherwise, the Track Changes feature will use your subscription information.

It does seem that the folks at Microsoft think that being recognized online is far more important than anything else you want to do with your document. :-b Yes, you can click someone's change or comment in the document and choose to send them an IM or an email right from there -- but how many people really want to do that?

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Last updated November 28, 2023 Views 5,411 Applies to: