"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
Hi Wayne,
The MS Word 2003 Redaction add-in has not been updated/released in a Word 2007 version (The 2003 add-in won't install if you do not
have Word/Office 2003 installed).
One of the folks here who write macros *may* jump in here to automate this fairly easily, but without that, one way to do it in Word
2007 is as follows, assuming you want the redaction bars to show, as opposed to simply deleting the text 
1. On the Home Ribbon=Style Group click on the launcher (square) at the bottom right of the group and at the bottom of the Styles
pane click the 'New Style' button at the bottom left.
2. Define the new style as a character style named
RedactMe
and add the following attributes
A. Leave the 'Font choices' alone.
B. Change 'Formatting Automatic' to 'Black'
(use More Colors and select the black hexagon,
to avoid using a themeable color choice)
C. Click on Format=Borders and in the shading tab
repeat the steps in B to have a black fill with
a Solid 100% choice.
D. Click on Format=Shortcut key, to assign
a keyboard shortcut to use this style.
3. Before leaving the 'Create New Style' dialog turn on the
'Add to Quick Style List'
4. Save your original file under a new name so you have a working copy and your original.
5. Be sure Track changes are turned off and that you have already accepted or rejected any changes previously made.
6. Select the text you want redacted (blacked out) and apply the
RedactMe style from either the Quick Styles list or
with your keyboard shortcut.
7. Once you have applied the redact me style to the text you want to black out in your document use Home=Editing=Replace (ctrl+H)
In the Find what box use Special=Any character (or type in
^?
then click the 'Format' Style choice and choose the 'RedactMe' style.
8. In the 'Replace with' box type a space (or an X or whatever filler character you prefer), then choose Replace all.
9. Save the file as a new name, then close and reopen the file. Even if the 'RedactMe' style is then changed by someone the text
will not be available.
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"Wayne" wrote in message news
Does anybody know if redaction is possible in Word 2007?
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
Thanks. I have another system with Office 2003 on it, I will just use that
system to do this particular file. Hopefully they will update the add-in for
Office 2007 soon.
Wayne Tilley