Change Author name

[graceswk]

At comment, the author name should appear but mine is my identifiy number. How can I change once for all? Currently, I have to go to each text highlight to right-click to change it to my name. Thanks.

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

You need to do two things:

1.  In Preferences > Comments, Uncheck Always use Log-in name for Author name
   
2. Right-click the comment > change the name > choose Make Properties Default
   

This will make the new name the default for future comments on this computer.

~ Jane

[JStak1201]

Ok, but where is the "Preferences" link?

[jane-e]

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@JStak1201 wrote:

Ok, but where is the "Preferences" link?

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Hi JStak,

Preferences is not a link — it's a menu item.

• Mac: Acrobat (application menu) > Preferences
• Win: Edit > Preferences

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/comments.html

Jane

[iriswrite]

This was so helpful!

[try67]

You can use this free tool I've developed to anonymize all the comments you already created: http://try67.blogspot.com/2008/11/acrobat-anonymize-comments.html