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MickieMaus
Copper Contributor
Feb 11, 2022

Turn off time and date stamp without changing author name

Word 2013. Is there a way to turn off the time and date stamp but preserve my author name? When you remove personal information, your selected name changes to "Author."

  • As far as I know, there is no way to get rid of the date and time stamp.

     

    However, the date and time do not show up in the print preview and they also do not print (or convert to PDF), if that helps.

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      MickieMaus
      Copper Contributor
      Yes, it is possible to get rid of the date and time stamp through document inspection and removing personal information. The date and time plus author are considered personal information. I want to get rid of the date and time but retain my author name.
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        Stefan_Blom
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        MickieMaus 

         

        When it comes to removing personal information, I believe it is all or nothing, unfortunately. 😞

         

        If you intend to share the document, and the document doesn't need to be edited by someone else, then you can share it as a PDF. 

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    MickieMaus
    Copper Contributor
    P.S. I want to remove the time and date stamp because it adds an extra line to every comment and deletion balloon, such that comments and deletion balloons take up too much space in the margin and no longer appear in line with the text they refer to.

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