How to Add, Change, Remove Author from Author Property in Office document

Whenever you create a new document, by default, Office sets the username based on the username settings that appear in the Word Options dialog box; for PowerPoint, the PowerPoint dialog box and How do I remove the author from a Word document? the Excel dialog box. In this post, we will show you how to Add, Change, Remove Author from Author Property in Office documents.

How to add, remove or change Author in Office document

To add an author, change an author or remove an author from the Author Property to a Microsoft Office document, follow the methods below.

1. How to add an author to the Author Property on a Microsoft Office document
2. How to change the author of the Author Property on a Microsoft Office document
3. How to remove an author from the Author Property to a Microsoft Office document

1] How to add an author to the Author Property on a Microsoft Office document

To add an author to the Author Property on a Microsoft Office document, follow the steps below.

1. Launch Word, PowerPoint, or Excel
2. Click File
3. Click Info
4. Under Related Person, hover the cursor over Add an author
5. You can either verify the contact name you have entered or search the address book for contacts
6. Now, we have the author added to the Author Property

In this tutorial, we choose to launch Word.

Click the File tab.

On the backstage view, click Info on the left pane.

On the Info page, under Related Person, hover the cursor over Add an author.

You can either do one of the following Verify the contact name you have entered or Search the address book for contacts.

To Verify the contact name you have entered, click on the box and enter a contact name.

A list of names will pop up from your Outlook. Select the name of the contact you want to add as an author.

To search the address book for contacts, click the Search the address book for contacts button

An Address Book Global Address list dialog box will appear.

Select the address book where the author you want to add contact information is saved in the dialog box.

Then double-click the contact name and click OK.

Now, we have the author added to the Author Property.

How to change Author in Author Property of Office document

To change the Author, follow the steps below.

1. Right-click the author name and select Edit Property
2. In the Edit Person dialog box, enter an email address into the entry box or click the Address Book button on the right to search for contacts
3. In the Address Book Global Address list dialog box, select the address book where the Author you want to add contact information is saved
4. Double-click the contact name
5. Click OK
6. Then click OK in the Edit Person dialog box.

Right-click the author name and select Edit Property.

When the Edit Person dialog box pops up, enter an email address into the entry box or click the Address Book button on the right to search for contacts.

An Address Book Global Address list dialog box will appear.

In the Address Book Global Address list dialog box, select the address book where the Author you want to add contact information is saved.

Double-click the contact name, then click OK.

Click OK in the Edit Person dialog box.

The Author is successfully changed.

How to remove Author from Author Property in Office document

1. Launch Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel
2. Click the File tab on the menu bar
3. Click Info on the left pane
4. Right-click the author under Related people, then click Remove Person from the context menu
5. The author is removed

Click  the File tab

On the backstage view, click Info on the left pane.

On the Info page, Under Related Person, Right-click the author name, then select Remove Person from the drop-down context menu.

The author is removed.

How do I add an Author to a Word document?

To add an author to a  Word document or other Microsoft Office documents such as PowerPoint or Excel, we must add an author to the Author Property based on the username settings. The username settings also provide the name and initials that are showcase in the comments and tracked changes.

How do I remove the author from a Word document?

The author added to the document showcase the username based on the username settings that appear in the Word Options dialog box; for PowerPoint, the PowerPoint dialog box and Excel the Excel dialog box. Sometimes an individual will add another author to their document, but in some cases, they want to remove an author from their document.

If you have questions about the tutorial, let us know in the comments.