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Comment.AuthorInitials Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Returns the author's initials as a read-only String for a specified Comment object. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.AuthorInitials

expression   A variable that represents an Comment object.

Return Value
String

Remarks

This property only returns the author's initials. To return the author's name use the Author property. Specify the author's initials when you add a new comment to the presentation.

Example

The following example returns the author's initials for a specified comment.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub GetAuthorName()
    With ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
        .Comments.Add Left:=100, Top:=100, Author:="Jeff Smith", _
            AuthorInitials:="JS", _
            Text:="This is a new comment added to the first slide."
        MsgBox .Comments(1).Author & .Comments(1).AuthorInitials
    End With
End Sub

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