Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Inserting the User's Initials.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 10, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365
Word automatically maintains several items of information about you, as a user. One such item is your initials, which can be changed in this manner:
If you want to automatically insert your initials in your documents, you can follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Field dialog box.
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2021-07-11 18:54:06
Michelle
Hi, regarding track changes and adding user initials - is it at all possible somehow to update the user initials AFTER the edits have been made?
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