If you want to edit anonymously by changing your user name to “Author,” visit “ How to Remove User Names from Existing Track Changes in Microsoft Word.” Select Allow this information to be saved in your file under the Inspect Document heading (see figure 3).
Select the Info tab in the Backstage view (see figure 2).ġ2. Select the File tab in the ribbon (see figure 1).ġ1. Select the OK button to close the Word Options dialog box. Select the OK button to close the Trust Center dialog box. “Remove personal information from file properties on save” optionĨ. Uncheck the Remove personal information from file properties on save option. Select the Privacy Options tab in the Trust Center dialog box. Select the Trust Center tab in the Word Options dialog box. Select the Options tab in the Backstage view. Select the File tab in the ribbon (see figure 1).ģ. (Please see the caution statement above.)Ģ. Open a secondary copy of your original file.
Note that you may not be able to open the Trust Center if your network administrator has restricted access.ġ. Proceed carefully and complete these steps on a secondary copy of your file rather than on the original. Caution: This method requires you to open the Trust Center, which contains many sensitive options.