The LastSavedBy field inserts the name of the last person who modified and saved the document. The name inserted comes from the Statistics tab in the Properties dialog box. To view the Properties dialog box, go to the File tab> Info > Properties (on the right side), and then select Advanced Properties.
Syntax
When you view the LastSavedBy field in your document, the syntax looks like this:
{ LASTSAVEDBY }
Note
This content applies to the desktop versions of Word for Windows and Mac (including Word with a Microsoft 365 subscription).
A field code tells the field what to display. Field results are what is shown in the document after having evaluated the field code. To toggle between viewing the field code and the field code results, press Alt+F9 on Windows or Option+F9 on Mac.
Example
If the last person who saved the document was A. Gabor, the text and field "Revised by { LASTSAVEDBY }" displays this result:
"Revised by A. Gabor"