Default Properties Information for Office Professional Documents

[JM]

All of my word, excel, etc....documents show my company name as
Hewlett-Packard in all new office document properties summary sections. I am
tired of having to go into each document to delete that name and put in my
business name. How can I change this information so that new documents have
the info automatically?

 

[Jay Freedman]

All of my word, excel, etc....documents show my company name as
Hewlett-Packard in all new office document properties summary
sections. I am tired of having to go into each document to delete
that name and put in my business name. How can I change this
information so that new documents have the info automatically?

How to change the company name and user name in:
Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821550
Office XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290528
Office 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=233499
Office 97: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244080

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Microsoft Word MVP
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[JM]

none of the links work.

I am using Office Professional 2007/Vista

 

[Jay Freedman]

Don't be so fast to reject the links. In fact, the link for Office 2003 will
give you the correct steps, with one small amendment: in step 6, replace the
version number "11.0" for Office 2003 with the version number "12.0" for
Office 2007.

The hard work is in step 3, locating the correct registry key. I find that
here, having the Professional Plus edition of Office 2007, the registry key
is

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00002109110000000000000000F01FEC\InstallProperties

If you have the Professional edition but not "Plus", the long number will be
different, although probably only by a few digits.

 

[JM]

Jay, the only reason why I am "rejecting" the links is because no matter what
I do I am unable to access the page....so at this point I haven't even viewed
the steps yet. I've typed in the address 4 separate times already, I've
clicked on your link at least 4 or 5 times.....etc...and having no luck
accessing the page.

 

[JM]

My office version is Office Professional 2007.

Don't be so fast to reject the links. In fact, the link for Office 2003 will
give you the correct steps, with one small amendment: in step 6, replace the
version number "11.0" for Office 2003 with the version number "12.0" for
Office 2007.

The hard work is in step 3, locating the correct registry key. I find that
here, having the Professional Plus edition of Office 2007, the registry key
is

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00002109110000000000000000F01FEC\InstallProperties

If you have the Professional edition but not "Plus", the long number will be
different, although probably only by a few digits.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Sorry, I thought you meant you'd tried the steps and couldn't find the registry
entry.

The links open for me. However, there are other ways to get there. Try going
first to http://support.microsoft.com and entering 821550 in the search box at
the top of the page.

In fact, having just gone there, I found that there's a similar article for
Office 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924461/en-us

 

[ohnonotnow!]

cool. thanks JF, i've been wondering how to do that too. and thanks JM for
asking.

onnn!