HELP! How do I do this?

I need to change the 'last modified by' information on a Word doc so that the changes done in Track Changes are done in my name and not the person the copy of Word is licenced to. Is there a way to do this?

whiskeyman

open new word doc and copy all the stuff from the other one in?

whiskeyman

whiskeyman wrote: »

open new word doc and copy all the stuff from the other one in?

Don't that that would work...have tried lots of things already
I can change the author to me, but not the 'last modified by...'

pickarooney

Use a different Windows login to edit it?

Riamfada

Change your name by deed poll.

danniemcq

Meadow Broad Matchmaking wrote: »

I need to change the 'last modified by' information on a Word doc so that the changes done in Track Changes are done in my name and not the person the copy of Word is licenced to. Is there a way to do this?

What version?

in office 2010 you can change the name by choosing "options->general->Personalize your copy."

Change that and it should sort it out

KyussBishop

If truly stuck, could open it up with a hex editor (after backing up), find the string listing the other persons name, and (without changing the number of bytes) either stick your name in its place (if it fits), or replace with spaces.

job seeker

Down with that sorta thing..

Robbo

Nice try Sean Fitzpatrick.

The Backwards Man

Can you not just Tipp-Ex out the other person's name and stick your own in?

Knex*

Meadow Broad Matchmaking wrote: »

Don't that that would work...have tried lots of things already
I can change the author to me, but not the 'last modified by...'

How could it not work?

If your using Word while logged in as you..Bingo.

Copy it to Notepad first if you think there's some file associations. Then just paste to a new Word Doc.

Simple college stuff here!

Edit: Nevermind, different situation -> Knex is an idiot

DannieHasABrazilian

DannieHasABrazilian wrote: »

What version?

in office 2010 you can change the name by choosing "options->general->Personalize your copy."

Change that and it should sort it out

Doesn't work. The values there are set to my name, but it's still saying 'last modified by (person who Word is registered to)

893bet

Knex. wrote: »

How could it not work?

If your using Word while logged in as you..Bingo.

Copy it to Notepad first if you think there's some file associations. Then just paste to a new Word Doc.

Simple college stuff here!

Did you even read the OP?


You could try taking the original file. And the final file (accept all changes that were made). Then do a compare and merge. Not sure if this will def work.

RainMaker

If you right click the file, go to properties - go to the details tab and there might be an option there to "Remove properties and personal information" - clicking that lets you chose what info to keep and what to remove...

Holsten

Create a new user account.

Create a new Word document.

Copy/paste into the new document.

Save under your new user account.

It will be created/modified/accessed by your new user account.

893bet

Is there changes already marked up that you need to keep marked as changes (just in your name?)?

Knex*

893bet wrote: »

Did you even read the OP?


You could try taking the original file. And the final file (accept all changes that were made). Then do a compare and merge. Not sure if this will def work.

Whoops. Valid point.

Had my old college system in my mind there.