Editing User Account Names

How do I edit a user account name, e.g. from "John Smith1" to simply "John Smith"? Can the short name be likewised edited? Does having a "John Smith" in the Deleted Users Folder affect this?
Mike

1) Changing the account name can be done from the System Preferences > Accounts prefpane.
2) Changing the shortname is not a trivial task and is generally discouraged, but there are utilities such as ChangeShortName that will do it.
3) No.

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