How to add author to schematic

[BrtH]

I have selected a worksheet template, A4_ISO5457-1999_ISO7200-2004-compact_EN.kicad_wks, which is one of the default templates that ship with KiCad. This template includes fields for the author and reviewer. How do I add that information? The fields in the page settings dialog don’t seem to change with the selected worksheet. See image. Am I missing something obvious, or is it impossible to actually fill out the default templates?

[qu1ck]

Probably those fields are meant to be filled by just adding a text element to the schematic, not by page settings.

[Joan_Sparky]

Looks @qu1ck is right.
If you look at the sheet-layout file (pagelayout_default_mod.kicad_wks), you can see that the ‘Author’ field doesn’t contain a field-value like File or Title do have:

( page_layout
  (setup(textsize 1.5 1.5)(linewidth 0.15)(textlinewidth 0.15)
  (left_margin 10)(right_margin 10)(top_margin 10)(bottom_margin 10))
  (rect (name rect1:Rect) (start 110 34) (end 2 2))
  (rect (name rect2:Rect) (start 0 0 ltcorner) (end 0 0) (repeat 2) (incrx 2) (incry 2))
  (line (name segm1:Line) (start 50 2 ltcorner) (end 50 0 ltcorner) (repeat 30) (incrx 50))
  (tbtext 1 (name text1:Text) (pos 25 1 ltcorner) (font (size 1.3 1.3)) (repeat 100) (incrx 50))
  (line (name segm2:Line) (start 50 2 lbcorner) (end 50 0 lbcorner) (repeat 30) (incrx 50))
  (tbtext 1 (name text2:Text) (pos 25 1 lbcorner) (font (size 1.3 1.3)) (repeat 100) (incrx 50))
  (line (name segm3:Line) (start 0 50 ltcorner) (end 2 50 ltcorner) (repeat 30) (incry 50))
  (tbtext A (name text3:Text) (pos 1 25 ltcorner) (font (size 1.3 1.3)) (justify center) (repeat 100) (incry 50))
  (line (name segm4:Line) (start 0 50 rtcorner) (end 2 50 rtcorner) (repeat 30) (incry 50))
  (tbtext A (name text4:Text) (pos 1 25 rtcorner) (font (size 1.3 1.3)) (justify center) (repeat 100) (incry 50))
  (tbtext "Date: %D" (name text5:Text) (pos 87 6.9))
  (line (name segm5:Line) (start 110 5.5) (end 2 5.5))
  (tbtext %K (name text6:Text) (pos 109 4.1))
  (line (name segm6:Line) (start 110 8.5) (end 2 8.5))
  (tbtext "Rev: %R" (name text7:Text) (pos 24 6.9) (font bold))
  (tbtext "Size: %Z" (name text8:Text) (pos 109 6.9))
  (tbtext "Id: %S/%N" (name text9:Text) (pos 24 4.1))
  (line (name segm7:Line) (start 110 12.5) (end 2 12.5))
  (tbtext "Title: %T" (name text10:Text) (pos 109 10.7) (font (size 2 2) bold italic))
  (tbtext Author: (name text11:Text) (pos 36.002 17.007))
  (tbtext "File: %F" (name text12:Text) (pos 109 14.3))
  (line (name segm8:Line) (start 110 18.5) (end 2 18.5))
  (tbtext "Sheet: %P" (name text13:Text) (pos 109 17))
  (tbtext %Y (name text14:Text) (pos 109 20) (font bold))
  (tbtext %C0 (name text15:Text) (pos 109 23))
  (tbtext %C1 (name text16:Text) (pos 109 26))
  (tbtext %C2 (name text17:Text) (pos 109 29))
  (tbtext %C3 (name text18:Text) (pos 109 32))
  (line (name segm9:Line) (start 90 8.5) (end 90 5.5))
  (line (name segm10:Line) (start 26 8.5) (end 26 2))
)

[BlackCoffee]

Edit the desired Worksheet (can save it/Rename it…)

Right-Click on empty area and select Add Text (add what you want).
Set the line width as desired.
Add Graphic if desired…

Be sure to click ‘Accept’ in the panel.

Screenshot of one of my worksheet legends…

[BrtH]

OK, clear. Thanks, I hadn’t realised that there isn’t even a field-value to fill.