Each author must have a unique name defined before they can log in to a Library. The Developer uses this name to keep track of document modifications. For example, the Library and Outline Editor display the name of the user that has currently checked out a document.

In addition to adding the author's username and a password, you can include author information to populate the following fields:

• First Name
• Middle Initial
• Last Name
• Email
• Work Phone
• Mobile Phone
• Job Title
• Department

The library displays the author's username and full name (if populated in the profile) in all applicable places including Checked Out By, Last Modified By and Owner. Clicking an author link displays a pop-up with all of the author's available profile information.

Note: If the Developer was installed with Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication, and the profile fields have been correctly mapped, the author fields will be automatically populated with the information from the single sign-on server. 

You can also configure group membership and Library folder permissions for each author.

Note: The author name is also used to populate the list of names that appear for the Owner property in the Developer. This property allows an author to identify current document ownership or responsibility.

After you add authors, you will need to provide them following information so they can create a Login Profile and connect to the Library:

• Library location URL (for example, http://server/virtual directory)
   
• Login credentials such as author name and password (Standard Authentication only)

To add an author using Windows Authentication:

1. Log in as an administrator.
    
2. Make sure you are working online.
    
3. On the Administration menu, choose Manage Authors.
    
4. Click  Add new author.
    
5. Enter the exact Windows Login for an author in the Author Name field. You must include a domain/machine name as a prefix to the author name separated by a backslash \. For example, enter My_domain name\My_name.
    
6. Optionally, you can assign an author to a group and/or configure Library folder permissions using the Groups and Permissions tabs.

To add an author using Standard Authentication:

1. Log in as an administrator.
    
2. Make sure you are working online.
    
3. On the Administration menu, choose Manage Authors.
    
4. Click  Add new author.
    
5. Enter a unique author name for the author. Duplicate author names are not allowed.
    
6. Enter a password and confirm it.
    
   Blank passwords are acceptable. Author names are not case-sensitive.
    
7. Enter additional profile information, as desired.
    
8. Optionally, you can assign an author to a group and/or configure Library folder permissions using the Groups and Permissions tabs.

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