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OneNote thinks my notes are by another person in my own notebook
I solved it by logging out of O365 and logged back in and that sorted it. When I look at Authors it still shows the one with just my first name, but I hadn't done much under that. Very weird, though.
I've seen this behaviour before in my own OneNote's (not shared with anyone) where I've been editing on one machine then view it on a different machine. Can you recall doing this?
Hi HidMov I've not used a different machine for months. I'm convinced it's something to do with a connectivity problem as my wi-fi isn't great at home. At least I'm not the only one to have it.
Thanks
kathryndillonnewman Very odd. Most of the references I've seen and from my own experience have been because I've used another machine, or swapped between the desktop version/UWP version/web version on the same machine.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OneNote/comments/bm751x/why_do_initials_show_in_a_notebook_not_shared/
Not sure why this is showing when you haven't used another machine but I suspect you may be right about the connectivity - it might be syncing up under a different user session and thus thinking that it's been edited elsewhere. I used to turn on the "hide authors" option when I was working from 4 or 5 different machines because I found it visually annoying.
Interestingly HidMov when I look at authors it shows 2 for me - one just with my first name, and one with both my names, but when I look at the email address associated with my O365 acc they are the same.
I solved it by logging out of O365 and logged back in and that sorted it. When I look at Authors it still shows the one with just my first name, but I hadn't done much under that. Very weird, though.