Change the author, date, etc. of Comments

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Problem

You can delete comments you've added in PowerPoint 2002/2003 but you can't change the author name, date, and certain other features. What do you do if you NEED to change these things?

Solution

• Choose Tools, Macro, Microsoft Script Editor.
• In the project explorer, click the slide that hosts the comment you want to change.
• Use Ctrl+F to bring up the search dialog and search on "Author".
• That'll take you to the first comment; it's not pretty but it should be fairly obvious what bits to edit.
• Repeat for each comment; repeat for each slide.

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