How to change the author.

tehforum · Newbie Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

Hi there Openoffice.org community!

I have joined this forum in order to ask for some help.

here it goes

I need to change the author of a certain document.

You see when you go into a 'my Documents' window and you mouse over the document it displays the author, and I need the author changed for reasons.

P.S - I use windows xp sp2.

I appreciate any help

Thank you.

acknak · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

[Moved from Math to General Discussion]

huwg · Super User Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 890

There are a few places to check - I'm not sure which one applies exactly in your case, but they're all worth knowing about.

Before you open the document, right-click on its icon and choose Properties, and have a look on the Summary tab.

In the particular document, have a look in the menu at File > Properties.... Check the Description & User Defined tabs.

For the whole suite have a look in the menu at Tools > Options.... Check under OpenOffice > User Data.

Finally, I think there are some user details stored by Windows, but I can't recall where. Anyone?

probe1 · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:26 am Post subject:

You cannot change the author (creator of document) with OOo or from within Explorer.
You need to tweak the information stored with a programming language or edit the meta.xml after un-zipping the file.

I'm about to finish an extension which will allow changing the File>Properties of an OOo file. I will release it this weekend. Give it a try.
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james_h · Super User Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 883

Make sure the OpenOffice.org application is set up with the correct author information.
Open the document.
File > New > Document Type
Bring the old document to the front.
Edit > Select All
Edit > Copy
Bring the new document to the front.
Edit > Paste
Save the new document.

noranthon · Super User Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 3318

I haven't tried this but File >Save As by the new author may work.
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B Marcelly · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject:

Hi,
How to replace the author name by your name :

Save the document as a template ( i.e. *.ott for Writer, *.ots for Calc)
Close the document.
Open the template (double-click on it) : you get a new document
Save it , it will contain your identity as Author (and the current date/time as creation date).

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huwg · Super User Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 890

Mark B · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:34 am Post subject:

Another simple way is:

Open the document
Click on File | Properties
Under the 'General' Tab click on 'Delete'

You will now be defined as the author.

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huwg · Super User Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 890

tehforum · Newbie Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

By the way, it was a Openoffice.org Calc application, sorry for my mistake.

So let me give these a try with the Calc document.

And sorry for the wrong section, I did not know what I was thinking when I posted it in Math!

magnoliasouth · General User Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 17

Wait a minute. Am I to understand that I have no way to edit the author name? This doesn't make any sense at all. I see that most replies are assuming that we are wanting to change the author to ourselves, but what if I want to give credit to someone else? Or what if I don't want my RL name on documents that I create for others?

This is a serious limitation and personally, a violation of my privacy. I should have the option to use whatever name I want to.

None of these suggestions helped, but admittedly I've not tried the extension (yet). I will, but this really needs to be fixed. There should be a way to edit the properties of any document I create.

helenwh · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Singapore

Open the document.
File > New > Document Type
Bring the old document to the front.
Edit > Select All
Edit > Copy
Bring the new document to the front.
Edit > Paste
Save the new document.
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melbourne01 · Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2010 Posts: 1

Hey Thanks for the suggestions my problems was also same here now i know how do i do it. Melbourne Venues www.justfunctions.com.au

peterroots · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:06 am Post subject:

a quick but dirty way to do it, assuming you want to change the author to a name other than yours is...
Open the file with an archive manager (is is really only a zip file with the wrong file extension)
Look for the meta.xml file and change the authors name
Save your changes and update the archive

Now your file will show another author

NB in Ubuntu you can do all this directly in the archive manager, in Windows I have no idea if this is possible or if you have to extract the contents first, edit and put back in the archive.
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