How do i change the default Author in Document Properties for new PDF documents?

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January 26, 2026
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How do i change the default Author in Document Properties so that it always has the name I've specified as the default whenever I create a new PDF document from a Word doc?

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creative explorer

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@47567186 If you open Acorbat Preferences Command K for MAC, or Control K for PC, on the left side-bar is Identity here you can type in the name you want in Name:

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Also do the same thing Word to as well, Preferences - User Preferences (I am on a MAC)

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Thank you for your response. I found Preferences -> Identity, but it wasn't the "wrong" name that's showing up in my new PDFs. The window says something about changing setting in Adobe online services, so I went there (at least I think I did, via "Creative Cloud"?), but the wrong name wasn't there. I remember doing something a few months ago to change to what I'm now calling the wrong name (was a for a specific purpose, now not needed). But I don't remember what I did.

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