1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the User Information tab.
2. In the Initials box, type the initials or name that you want to use in your own comments.

Notes

• The information you type in the User Information dialog box is used by all Microsoft Office programs. Therefore, any changes you make to these settings will affect other Office programs.
• If you're sending a document to multiple reviewers and want to avoid comments (comment: A note or annotation that an author or reviewer adds to a document. Microsoft Word displays the comment in a balloon in the margin of the document or in the Reviewing Pane.) indicated by an unknown reviewer, ask your reviewers to add their names by following this procedure.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
2. Click E-mail Options, and then click the Personal Stationery tab.
3. Do one of the following:
   • To turn on marking comments (comment: A note or annotation that an author or reviewer adds to a document. Microsoft Word displays the comment in a balloon in the margin of the document or in the Reviewing Pane.), select the Mark my comments with check box. In the box, type the text (such as your name or initials) that you want to display along with your comments.
   • To turn off marking comments, clear the Mark my comments with check box.

Note  Only text you type next to the previously written text in a message will have your name next to it.