Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 10, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
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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