how can I automatically include author when exporting PDF from inDesign or illustrator?

[KODA100]

We have a lot of PDF documents flying around, and it's hard to determine who created them when edits are needed. Is there a way to have InDesign and Illustrator automatically include the author in a PDF, when exporting?

The only way I know how to include the author's name is to open the PDF document after it's been exported, open Properties, add the name manually and then re-save. This is an extra step that I always forget to do (I just export and send) and it's impossible to have everybody do this. So I'd like to find a way to have this be automatically entered; we're all signed into Adobe, so InDesign and Illustrator should already know our identity.

[bernard_4931 · Accepted solution]

We have a lot of PDF documents flying around, and it's hard to determine who created them when edits are needed. Is there a way to have InDesign and Illustrator automatically include the author in a PDF, when exporting?

The only way I know how to include the author's name is to open the PDF document after it's been exported, open Properties, add the name manually and then re-save. This is an extra step that I always forget to do (I just export and send) and it's impossible to have everybody do this. So I'd like to find a way to have this be automatically entered; we're all signed into Adobe, so InDesign and Illustrator should already know our identity.

By @KODA100

Hello!

If you're looking to automatically include author information when exporting PDFs from InDesign and Illustrator, you're in luck. Both programs allow you to set this up through their document metadata options. In InDesign, you can go to File > File Info and enter the author's name under Basic. This ensures the information is automatically included in the exported PDF. Similarly, in Illustrator, use File > Document Info to fill out the author information, which will then be added to the exported PDF. This way, you won’t need to manually add the author details each time, streamlining your workflow.

[bernard_4931]

We have a lot of PDF documents flying around, and it's hard to determine who created them when edits are needed. Is there a way to have InDesign and Illustrator automatically include the author in a PDF, when exporting?

The only way I know how to include the author's name is to open the PDF document after it's been exported, open Properties, add the name manually and then re-save. This is an extra step that I always forget to do (I just export and send) and it's impossible to have everybody do this. So I'd like to find a way choice advantages to have this be automatically entered; we're all signed into Adobe, so InDesign and Illustrator should already know our identity.

By @KODA100

Hello!

If you're looking to automatically include author information when exporting PDFs from InDesign and Illustrator, you're in luck. Both programs allow you to set this up through their document metadata options. In InDesign, you can go to File > File Info and enter the author's name under Basic. This ensures the information is automatically included in the exported PDF. Similarly, in Illustrator, use File > Document Info to fill out the author information, which will then be added to the exported PDF. This way, you won’t need to manually add the author details each time, streamlining your workflow.

By @bernard_4931

I hope that helps!

[KODA100]

Thank you! But it looks like we need to open each document and add the user name in the File Info, one by one, right? So basically it sets it up only for that specific document, not for all documents. That's a bit of a pain to have to go through every single file.

Is there a place where one can make feature suggestions to Adobe for future updates? I would like them to consider automatically adding to a fil the name of the user that is currently logged in.