Setting the Author of Changes Leave feedback

GroupDocs.Comparison for Python via .NET lets you set a custom revision-author name on the changes recorded in the result document. Useful for audit trails and to attribute changes to a specific reviewer or automated system.

from groupdocs.comparison import Comparer
from groupdocs.comparison.options import CompareOptions

def set_author_of_changes():
    with Comparer("./source.docx") as comparer:
        comparer.add("./target.docx")
        options = CompareOptions()
        options.show_revisions = True
        options.word_track_changes = True
        options.revision_author_name = "New author"
        comparer.compare("./result.docx", options)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    set_author_of_changes()

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The result is as follows:

revision_author_name only takes effect when revisions are actually being written into the result document. Both of the following must be true:

• word_track_changes = True — the comparison engine emits the diffs as Word Track Changes revisions.
• show_revisions = True — the revisions are displayed inline rather than hidden.

If either is False, revision_author_name is recorded in the underlying revision metadata but won’t surface in the rendered output.

• Multi-reviewer pipelines. Different automated processes can stamp their own author name so downstream reviewers see who (or what) generated each change.
• Audit trails. Compliance workflows that need to record an explicit “Comparison performed by” attribution on every diffed document.
• Anonymising changes. Strip personal names from automation output (e.g., set revision_author_name = "Automated Diff").

• Word track changes — the underlying revision-writing mechanism.
• Show revisions — toggle revision visibility in the result.
• Accept or reject revisions — process the stamped revisions afterwards.