Word Review Comments automatically turning into "A"

Hi there, tech tip Tuesday group! It’s been a while since the last one, so I figured this next one should be a very useful tip.

Have you ever used word review comments, and as soon as you hit save, word turns your initials into an “A” along with all the other review comments? That’s the result of a feature in Word to remove personal information from the document. This might be a useful feature if you’re looking to incorporate comments from several different authors and then submit as one combined effort. However typically it just gets really annoying because it makes it hard to tell which comments came from whom.

Fortunately, it’s easy to stop Word from doing this by doing the following:

Check to see if the option to "Remove personal information from file properties on save" is unchecked. If it's unchecked, you should be ok. If it's checked, then uncheck it. You can find it through Office Button | Word Options | Trust Center | Trust Center Settings | Privacy Options.

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Boom!