2003: Commenting on behalf of a party

[Cerridwen]

Is the above possible? Here's the scenario:

My father produces a monthly report as Chairman of his Golf Club. This is
then distributed (via email) to the board/committee who comment - not in the
document itself, but in the email. It then falls to me to annotate their
comments. What I need to be able to do is to use their initials in the
comment balloon (e.g. AH: comment), and do this for all six board members.
Obviously, Word uses my initials which then makes no sense, and I have to
provide my father with a legend, stating which colour belongs to whom!

Is there a (fairly easy) way of achieving this? It would save on paper,
because he could see at a glance who said what, without me printing each
individual's email.

Thanks

 

[Margaret Aldis]

I haven't checked this for comments, but I think if you change your user
name and initials between each annotation pass you will be able to
impersonate each commenter in turn.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Yes, it's possible. For each person who comments, go into Tools >
Options > User Information and change the name and initials. The
initials you put there will appear in the balloons for comments you
enter, while the name controls the color of the balloon.

It would be quicker to enter all the comments from one person, then
switch to the next, rather than entering comments in appearance order.

When you finish, don't forget to go back and put your real name and
initials in the dialog.

 

[Tsu Dho Nimh]

Is the above possible? Here's the scenario:

My father produces a monthly report as Chairman of his Golf Club. This is
then distributed (via email) to the board/committee who comment - not in the
document itself, but in the email. It then falls to me to annotate their
comments. What I need to be able to do is to use their initials in the
comment balloon (e.g. AH: comment), and do this for all six board members.
Obviously, Word uses my initials which then makes no sense, and I have to
provide my father with a legend, stating which colour belongs to whom!

The easiest was is to just put their last name in the comment.
You would have ...

(in para about getting rid of geese on the greens)

AH: Smith - We've had enough complaints about the geese on the
greens to justify the expense of a border collie to chase them.

AH: Jones - My husband thinks the geese are cute and wants them
to stay.

AH: Chang - One of them bit my golf partner in th ebutt last
week. They definitely have to go!

Tsu Dho Nimh