Change Your Identity for PDF Comments
I have received several questions asking why a comment made in Acrobat automatically takes your computer login id? Several corporations use unique naming conventions for their employee login id’s which usually consist of a series of numbers and letters. If you make a comment in Acrobat it takes this id by default. Then other users have issues in trying to identify who user “xyz1234” really is. Today I am going to show you how you can change this to reflect your true identity.
The first thing you will need to do is change the preference that tells Acrobat to use your login id. This can be done by simply navigating to Edit – Preferences – Commenting. The following screen will then be displayed.
You want to uncheck the box under “Making Comments” that says “Always use Log-in Name for Author name". Once you have done this then you can click OK to exit the preferences.
Next you want to apply a comment, such as a note, to a document as show below.
The first time you add a note your login id will still be used to generate the identity on the note. Now you need to change the identity so that if reflect the author’s name that is associated to the note. To do this you will need to select Options – Properties in the Note window. Once you have opened this window, select the General Tab.
This is where you can change the Author to reflect your identity versus your login name. All you have to do is type the name you want to use for your comments in the Author field and check the box that says “Make Properties Default” as shown below.
Now each time you place a comment on the pdf it will reflect the Author name you have designated above.
Have Fun,
Jonathan