If you just want to change the User Information in Word 97, open Word, click the
Tools menu Options User Information tab, change the user name in the Name box, and
click OK.

If you want to change the registered Company Name and the name that appears on the
opening splash screen for registered user, you have to uninstall and then reinstall
Office 97 (or Word 97 if that's all that is installed).

Later versions of Office, starting with Office 2000 or XP, have a couple of places
in the Registry that can be changed without having to uninstall/reinstall, but not
so for Office 97 and earlier.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
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"SlickRCBD" wrote in message
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Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am
using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until
they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop
was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she
upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page
you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last
night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search
the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list
somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The
laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition.