Cannot add myself as an author

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#1

I have tried all the tricks, and no matter what I use, I cannot add myself as an author in a way that translates to a PDF. Too bad my university requires this for submitting my dissertation!

Methods I have used: adding author as a custom property field, and then my name; going to Tools, then options, then adding my name as author and my name as the company; adding myself as the author in the property comment field.

I sincerely hope that someone has a method that works. My university’s bureaucrats are not known for their understanding or compassion.

#2

Select the menu Tools>Options>LibreOffice>UserData.

Enter your forename and surname there.

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Click OK.

Click on the bottom of the page and allow a footer.
Select the menu Insert>Field>First author.

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Save your document.

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#3

With me Windows 10 Home; Version 1909; 64-Bit | LibreOffice, Version: 6.4.2.2 (x64).

#4

Thanks for trying, neither of those methods worked. I have added Author: my name in the comments field of the description tab of the properties box. I hope the university accepts this.

#5

will that put it in my ‘properties’ for the metadata? I don’t want my author name in the footer. my publisher requires it elsewhere

#6

not to mention, it populates the ‘field’ with my real name not my pen name and never shows in the metadata. WHich I think is where the misunderstanding it happening. I don’t need it in my document AT ALL. I need it in the metadata. THere is not an author field in the description portion of the document properties.

#7

Please don’t revive old topics, especially when they have been marked as solved. Your question is about something else.

#8

Clearly the ‘old topic’ you claim I’ve revived did not answer my question, which no one has yet.

How do I get the AUTHOR NAME to appear in the PROPERTIES, when clicked on in the file manager or under ‘file–properties’???

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I repeat, I do NOT want the name to appear in my document, but in the METADATA, so that when I convert to PDF it’s embedded information

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