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Petri-X
Bronze Contributor
Aug 15, 2019

Author's details are replaced by "author"

Hi,   Has anybody noticed that authority details are lost on the word? Basically: if I open a file from Teams to desktop app and having tracking changes. When I write something it shows change as I...
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  • Jay Freedman's avatar
    Jay Freedman
    Aug 16, 2019

    Petri-X This happens whenever anyone runs the Document Inspector and chooses to remove "Document Properties and Personal Information". It is not just in Teams or in SharePoint.

     

    You can resume adding changes with reviewers' names by going to File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options and clearing this check box:

     

     

    However, there is no way to recover the names that have been removed.

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Jay Freedman
MVP
Aug 16, 2019

Petri-X This happens whenever anyone runs the Document Inspector and chooses to remove "Document Properties and Personal Information". It is not just in Teams or in SharePoint.

 

You can resume adding changes with reviewers' names by going to File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options and clearing this check box:

 

 

However, there is no way to recover the names that have been removed.

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    Petri-X
    Bronze Contributor
    Aug 21, 2019

    Thank you Jay Freedman 

    I was not aware that this could be per document settings. So one document have rule to clean the privacy informations and then next do not have if you would like it in that way.

     

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