Windows Explorer file "Author"

[1695814]

In Windows Explorer, when I click on a file it displays some information on the bottom of the screen.

E.g., "Type: Microsoft Excel Worksheet Author: 1695814 Size 82.5KB"

Is there anyway to delete the "Author" part of that?

I may be sending a file to other RFers & don't really want my name attached to it.

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Found it...it's in File->Properties->Summary tab.

[Brad Gile]

Nice when you can answer your own question in the same post you ask it, isn't it? :)

Brad

[glenn]

Word and Excel quite happily embed quite a bit of personal information in ALL your documents without telling you. There's a fix you can download off the internet somewhere that strips this information out. Google is your friend :).

g.

[Sleeping Dragon]

Right-click the file. Select properties, then select summary. There should be an author field that you can change.

[glenn]

Right-click the file. Select properties, then select summary. There should be an author field that you can change.
And you'd think that would do it, wouldn't you. But it doesn't. Word and excel both embed personal info in your documents without your knowledge and that you can't change. The only way to fix this is to download the update. I'm not sure what all versions have this 'feature', but it made the tech forums quite a while ago. Obviously MS hasn't been promoting that this exists.