Contents
Change the author name only in an existing document, presentation or workbook
- Click File, and then look for Author under Related People on the right.
- Right-click the author name, and then click Edit Property.
- Type a new name in the Edit person dialog box.
Unfortunately, you cannot edit the created by or modified by fields in SharePoint. You’ll have to figure out a different way to create the views. If your list is a list of users are the users a person/group field? If they are you could use that field to filter the views instead of the created by or modified by fields.
How do I add a title area to a sharepoint site?
Add and publish a page
- Go to the site where you want to add a page.
- Go to the home page of the site.
- Select + New, and then select Page.
- Choose a page template to start with.
- Add a page name in the title area.
- Add web parts.
- Click + to add content like text, documents, video and more.
How do I change the author on a PDF?
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Changing Author Name in Comments
- Open the PDF and Add sticky note (Ctrl + 6)
- In the sticky note box, right click next to the author name and then select Properties…
- Now you can edit the Author name in the General tab.
- Now all new comments will have the new author name.
To tag individual items or documents, you must browse to the app and click the row you want to tag. The Tags and Notes for individual items or documents is on the Items tab of the Ribbon. Locate the Tags and Notes group on the List or Library tab of the Ribbon to see your tagging options.
I finally found how to do that change based on a PowerShell script. This script will directly check the page list and for each item will check if the “Modified By” value is different than the “Created By”, and check also if the “created by” account was not an admin (or system).
How to update user object in SharePoint Stack Exchange?
Use Web.EnsureUser method to get the User object and then use that to update the Author https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/microsoft.sharepoint.client.web.ensureuser.aspx Thanks for contributing an answer to SharePoint Stack Exchange! Please be sure to answer the question.
How to update author field using client object model?
In order to modify/update the Author field using the client object model, you need to make sure to Please find below the pseudo code.
Update Author and Editor at the same time for the first version only or Final file without versions. Use Web.EnsureUser method to get the User object and then use that to update the Author https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/microsoft.sharepoint.client.web.ensureuser.aspx