Plagiarism & Copying - Help Identifying

Excel Properties

Ownership properties displayed are dependent on the computer's ownership and/or login, not necessarily on who created the file - see Word - Ownership Properties for details.

Date created/modified can vary depending on how you check and how the file was created.

To explore this, open Excel on the desktop

  1. Right-click on the Desktop
  2. Select New
  3. Select Excel:

  1. Right-click on the document
  2. Go to Properties:

  1. Check the Created and Modified dates:

Excel Properties

  1. Open the same file from wherever it was saved
  2. Click on File in the top left of the page
  3. Check the Created and Modified dates:

Excel Properties

  1. Open another Excel file using the Excel icon or from the File Manager and check the Related Dates and Related People - note, the information can vary considerably:

Excel Properties

Excel Properties