Make sure that you accept or reject all tracked changes before sharing
your document with others. Also, make sure to delete all comments. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html
and http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...889091033.aspx .

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
Occasionally I have to send Word files to others whose interests may
be
adverse to mine. Even though I will send only what I think is a
final
version of the document, I understand that there is a lot of
information
about the preparation of the document that is "hidden," such as
prior
revisions, comments, edits, authorship, etc. I want to prevent them
or
their IT experts from detecting any of this "background
information." Is
there a simple way to do this in Word 2002/2003?