The fix of changing “Author” to your name is incredibly easy as I said. And it’s super easy! How To Fix Track Changes in Word for Mac Changing to “Author” and Not Your User Name They have been generically replaced with the word “Author.” It’s pretty maddening, right? But when you re-open your edited document, all of your edits and/or comments no longer have your name. You save and close your document to come back to it later. You make a bunch of changes, edits, and comments. You receive a document to review and make edits to. There are probably other (similar) solutions for Word for Windows, but that isn’t covered in this article. I’m writing this specifically for Microsoft Word for Mac.

So, in filtering and reviewing possible solutions, there are a lot of different types of “solutions” that may have worked in previous versions (or on different platforms) that don’t work in the current versions of Microsoft Word. And on top of that, what works on Windows often doesn’t on the Mac versions.

For example, on Mac, there is no Trust Center. And with each new version, there are subtle and not so subtle changes to the features and functionality. Word for Mac and Windows have both evolved over time. As with most support issues I encounter or am asked, I often turn to Google to see if others had encountered the same or similar issue.

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