Changing Your User Name and Initials

When you first install and launch Contributor, your login user name is captured and stored in the Review tab of the Options dialog (File > Options). The first two letters of the user name are also stored as your initials. This information is employed whenever you use the track changes and annotations features. See Tracked Changes and Inserting Annotations.

For example, if you insert an annotation in a topic, your initials are displayed at the beginning of the comment so that other users know where the annotation came from.

You can always change your Contributor user name or initials to something else.

Example Your login user name is "johndoe." In that case, your initials are stored automatically as "jo." Although you want to keep your user name as is, you want to change the initials to "jd," which other users will more readily associate with you. Therefore, you open the Options dialog (File > Options) and use the Review tab to change only your initials.

How to Change the User Name and Initials for Reviews

  1. Select Review > Review Options.
  2. Change the text in either the User Name or Initials fields.
  3. Click OK.