Plagiarism & Copying - Help Identifying
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| Date: | Thursday, 7 November 2024, 5:51 AM |
Word - Ownership Properties
If the student is on a computer that someone else logged into, then anything created and/or modified will automatically have the other computer owner’s information attached.
It is possible to change the author:
But, if you go to File and check the document properties, they still show the computer “owner” as the last modifier regardless of whether or not, the author has been changed:
There isn't a definitive way to tell who actually wrote a paper based on the computer assigned properties.
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
- Right-click on the Desktop
- Select New
- Select Excel:
- Right-click on the document
- Go to Properties:
- Check the Created and Modified dates:
- Open the same file from wherever it was saved
- Click on File in the top left of the page
- Check the Created and Modified dates:
- 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:
