Save as PDF - Change Author Name?

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Save as PDF - Change Author Name?

In any application when you go to Print, Save as PDF is there any way to change the default author name it already has written there?

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Posted on Dec 13, 2007 3:37 AM

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Answer 1

RedRhubarb

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Dec 19, 2007 5:05 PM in response to JonoH

I'd like to know too... and without changing my system account name.

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Doc_D

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Feb 21, 2008 2:55 AM in response to JonoH

I'd like to know too, how to change the default author for those PDFs I can generate via print dialog. And does someone know how to remove the author from already created PDFs?

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Feb 28, 2008 6:00 AM in response to JonoH

Combine PDFs lets you change the author and creator of a PDF.
<http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml>

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Moonsail

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Mar 30, 2008 7:55 AM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

Unfortunately, that's not the answer that anyone is looking for. It's not changing the author name that is desired, but changing the author name that comes up by default when you save as PDF so that you don't have to select the author field and change it from your username. The goal is to remove steps, not to add steps.

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